Sensors for Aromatic Compounds and Methods of Making and Using Same

ABSTRACT

Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of molecular sensors, microbial sensors, constructs, systems, and methods for selectively detecting aromatic compounds.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser.No. 63/180,176 filed on Apr. 27, 2021, which is incorporated herein byreference in its entirety.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

This invention was made with government support under AT009741 awardedby the National Institutes of Health, CBET-1350498 and DGE-1745038awarded by the National Science Foundation, N00014-17-1-2611 andN00014-19-1-2357 awarded by the Office of Naval Research, and2020-33522-32319 awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture.The government has certain rights in the invention.

MATERIAL INCORPORATED-BY-REFERENCE

The Sequence Listing, which is a part of the present disclosure,includes a computer-readable form comprising nucleotide and/or aminoacid sequences of the present invention (file name“019731-US-NP_Sequence Listing_ST25.txt” created on 27 Apr. 2022;183,773 bytes). The subject matter of the Sequence Listing isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to engineered probiotics andproteins for selective sensing.

SUMMARY

Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision ofsystems and methods for detecting aromatic compounds. An aspect of thepresent disclosure provides for a method of protein engineering (e.g., aregulator protein) comprising: mutagenizing specific amino acids in andaround a ligand-binding site of a protein, wherein the mutagenizingenables changes in ligand-protein binding specificity while maintainingprotein-DNA interaction and thus downstream gene expression control;and/or linking ligand-protein binding to output response. An aspect ofthe present disclosure provides for an engineered molecular sensor. Insome embodiments, the sensor comprises an engineered regulator proteinor enzyme (e.g., TrpR, TyrR, TynA, FeaR) comprising a ligand-proteinbinding site; a reporter (comprising a signaling moiety, e.g., GFP);and/or a promoter (e.g., PtyrP) capable of inducing or repressing thereporter in the presence or absence of a target aromatic compound boundto the engineered molecular sensor. In some embodiments, the engineeredregulator protein or the ligand-protein binding site or a sequenceencoding the engineered regulator protein or the ligand-protein bindingsite of the engineered regulator protein is at least about 80% identicalto a WT regulator protein or a WT regulator ligand-protein binding site;or a sequence encoding the engineered regulator protein or ligandbinding site thereof is at least about 80% identical to a sequenceencoding the WT regulator protein or the WT regulator ligand-proteinbinding site; or functional fragment thereof, the engineered regulatorprotein having ligand binding activity. In some embodiments, theengineered molecular sensor is optionally genomically integrated into amicroorganism, optionally selected from a probiotic or is a purifiedcell-free sensor. In some embodiments, the engineered regulator proteinor enzyme is an engineered TrpR, TyrR, TynA, or FeaR protein. In someembodiments, the engineered regulator protein is an engineered TyrR andis an aromatic amino acid-specific sensor, wherein the aromatic aminoacid-specific sensor is a phenylalanine (Phe)- or a tyrosine(Tyr)-specific sensor In some embodiments, the engineered regulatorprotein or enzyme is an engineered FeaR or TynA and is an aromaticamine-specific sensor, wherein the aromatic amine-specific sensor is adopamine (DA)-, phenylethylamine (PEA)-, tyramine (Tyra)-, or tryptamine(Trypta)-specific sensor. In some embodiments, the engineered regulatorprotein is an engineered TrpR and is a tryptophan (Trp)-,5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP)-, or tryptamine (Trpta)-specific sensor. Insome embodiments, the engineered regulator protein or enzyme is anengineered TrpR, TyrR, TynA, or FeaR, and/or wherein the engineeredTrpR, TyrR, TynA, or FeaR comprises at least one mutation to aligand-protein binding site having specific amino acid binding activity.In some embodiments, PEA induces reporter expression; Phe inducesreporter expression; or Tyr represses or induces reporter expression. Insome embodiments, carboxylic acids 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid(DOPAC), phenylacetic acid (PAA), 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPPA), orindole-3-acetic acid (IAA) do not induce reporter expression or whereinIAA induces reporter expression. In some embodiments, the engineeredregulator protein is an engineered TyrR and the engineered TyrRcomprises one or more of the following mutations: E274Q+T14V mutationsin TyrR inducing reporter expression in the presence of Phe; E274Q+D103Smutations in TyrR inducing reporter expression in the presence of Phe;or an R10F mutation in TyrR repressing reporter expression in thepresence of Tyr. In some embodiments, TyrR protein sequence is at leastabout 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 124 or TyrR ligand binding site is atleast about 80% identical to residues 7-274 of SEQ ID NO: 124; apolypeptide encoded by SEQ ID NO: 11 or the WT ligand binding sitesequence; or functional fragment or conservative substitution thereof ofTyrR having ligand binding functional activity. Yet another aspect ofthe present disclosure provides for a TyrR-based selective or specificsensor specifically detecting phenylalanine (Phe) or tyrosine (Tyr)comprising: a TyrR or functional mutant or variant thereof; and/or areporter gene (comprising a signaling moiety, e.g., GFP) operably linkedto an inducible promoter (e.g., PtyrP promoter). In some embodiments,the inducible promoter comprises an activating response to Phe or arepressing response to Tyr or both Phe and Tyr. In some embodiments,TyrR is selected from: wild type (VVT) TyrR (SEQ ID NO: 124) or havingat least about 80% identity to WT TyrR (SEQ ID NO: 124) and the reportergene overexpresses if Phe is present; TyrR or TyrR having at least about80% identity to TyrR comprising the mutation E274Q and the reporter geneoverexpresses in the presence of Phe and Phe+Tyr; TyrR or TyrR having atleast about 80% identity to TyrR comprising the mutation E274Q+T14V andthe reporter gene overexpresses in the presence of Phe and Phe+Tyr andthe reporter gene does not overexpress with Tyr in the absence of Phe;TyrR or TyrR having at least about 80% identity to TyrR comprising themutation E274Q+D103S and the reporter gene overexpresses in the presenceof Phe and Phe+Tyr and the reporter gene does not overexpress with Tyrin the absence of Phe; or TyrR or TyrR having at least about 80%identity to TyrR comprising the mutation R10F and the reporter gene isrepressed with Tyr or Tyr+Phe and the reporter gene does not overexpressin the absence of Tyr. In some embodiments, the sensor is a targetaromatic compound-inducible sensor or target aromaticcompound-repressible sensor selected from: a Phe-inducible TyrR system(e.g., E274Q, E274Q+T14V, E274Q+D103H, E274Q+D103S), or Tyr-repressibleTyrR system (e.g., R10F). In some embodiments, the TyrR-based sensor isfor use to kinetically diagnose or treat disorders that causePhe-dysregulation without interference from intestinal Tyr. In someembodiments, the TyrR-based sensor comprises E274Q+T14V or E274Q+D103Svariants of TyrR. In some embodiments, the TyrR-based sensor issensitive to Phe in the presence or absence of Tyr and does not respondto Tyr alone. In some embodiments, the TyrR-based sensor comprises R10Fvariant of TyrR and wherein the TyrR-based sensor exhibits about a12-fold repression in the presence of Tyr independent of the presence ofPhe. In some embodiments, the TyrR sensor has no significant response toPhe alone. In some embodiments, the TyrR-based sensor wherein asignificant response is: under about 4000 au, under about 3000 au, orpreferably at or under about 2000 au for Phe-inducible sensor; or aboveabout 2000 au or preferably at or above 2000 au for a Phe-repressiblesensor. In some embodiments, the engineered regulator protein or enzymecomprises an engineered FeaR and/or TynA and the engineered FeaR or TynAcomprises one or more of the following mutations: a G494S mutation inTynA inducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; a G494Smutation in TynA and A81T mutation in FeaR (e.g., G494S*) inducingreporter expression in the presence of PEA; a G494S mutation in TynA andA81S mutation in FeaR inducing reporter expression in the presence ofPEA; a A81T or A81S mutation in FeaR inducing reporter expression in thepresence of PEA and Tyra; a A81T mutation in FeaR inducing reporterexpression in the presence of PEA; an A81T mutation in FeaR and S414Mmutation in TynA inducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; anA81T mutation in FeaR and G415H mutation in TynA inducing reporterexpression in the presence of PEA; an A81 L, A81P, A81I, or A81Nmutation in FeaR inducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; aS414M or G415H mutation in TynA inducing reporter expression in thepresence of Tyra; a G415H mutation in TynA inducing reporter expressionin the presence of Tyra; a G415H mutation in TynA inducing reporterexpression in the presence of Tyra and PEA; a M83Y mutation in FeaRinducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; a M83N mutation inFeaR inducing reporter expression in the presence of Tyra; a Fear-KAmutant inducing reporter expression in the presence of Trypta; a tynA-KAor tynA-KP inducing reporter expression in the presence of Trypta; aI109N tynA-KA inducing reporter inducing expression in the presence ofTrypta; a I109N FeaR-KA inducing reporter inducing expression in thepresence of Trypta; a Q76, Q116, L108(T), W110(S), or W110(C) FeaRmutation; a D413 or Y496 TynA mutation; or PtynA-MG, TynA-KP and FeaR-KAinducing reporter inducing expression in the presence of Trypta and doesnot induce expression in the presence of dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine(PEA), or tyramine (Tyra). In some embodiments, the FeaR or TynA proteinsequence or ligand binding site of FeaR or TynA is at least about 80%identical to a polypeptide encoded by the WT FeaR sequence of SEQ ID NO:36 or WT TynA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32 or WT ligand binding site orfunctional fragment or conservative substitution thereof and hasligand-binding activity. Yet another aspect of the present disclosureprovides for a selective sensor for specifically detecting targetaromatic compounds (e.g., Phe, Tyr, PEA, Tyra) comprising: a molecularsensor or an engineered microorganism (e.g., an E. coli strain) capableof expressing native or non-native FeaR and TynA (or functionalfragments, conservative substitutions, mutants, or variants thereof);and/or a promoter-reporter system comprising a reporter gene under thecontrol of a promoter capable of being induced or repressed by one ormore target aromatic compounds (e.g., Phe, Tyr, PEA, Tyra) orenzymatic-reaction product thereof (e.g., aromatic aldehyde, aromaticcarboxylic acid) and/or producing an output response (e.g., increasedexpression or repression). In some embodiments, the output response is arepression of the reporter (e.g., signaling or detection moiety, such asGFP) expression. In some embodiments, the output response is anoverexpression of the reporter (e.g., signaling or detection moiety,such as GFP). In some embodiments, the selective sensor comprises one ormore enzymes or transcription factors. Yet another aspect of the presentdisclosure provides for a selective sensor for specifically detectingaromatic amines (e.g., PEA, Tyra, DA, Trypta) or aromatic aldehydesthereof comprising: a TynA and FeaR protein (or a functional mutant orvariant thereof); and/or a reporter gene (comprising a signaling moiety,e.g., GFP) operably linked to an inducible promoter (e.g., PtynApromoter). In some embodiments, the selective sensor induces expressionof PtynA in response to aromatic aldehydes, but not aromatic amines. Insome embodiments, the TynA protein or mutant variant thereof isselective to a specific aromatic amine. In some embodiments, TynAconverts periplasmic amines (e.g., PEA, Tyra, DA, Trypta) to aldehydeswhich are imported into the cytoplasm; and in the cytoplasm, FeaRinduces expression from the PtynA promoter expressing a reporter gene(e.g., detectable signal moiety) when in the presence of aldehydes. Insome embodiments, the selective sensor is selective to PEA and Tyra. Insome embodiments, either TynA or FeaR or both are engineered forselectivity. In some embodiments, the sensor comprises G494S mutation inTynA and/or optionally A81T mutation in the FeaR protein (i.e., doublemutant sensor (G494S*)). In some embodiments, the selective sensor is aTyra-specific variant, comprises G415H mutation in TynA. In someembodiments, G415H mutation in TynA induces expression of a reporter byabout 200-fold and/or about 79-fold in response to Tyra and PEA,respectively, with minimal response to DA and Trypta. In someembodiments, A81T FeaR mutation with WT TynA is PEA and Tyranon-selective; S414M TynA and WT FeaR is slightly Tyra selective; S141MTynA and A81T FeaR is PEA selective; G415H TynA and WT FeaR is Tyraselective; or G415H TynA and A81T FeaR is PEA selective. In someembodiments, FeaR A81L, A81P, A81I, and A81N are PEA-specific variants.In some embodiments, Tyra-selective sensors (S414M or G415H TynA) can betransformed into PEA-specific sensors by introducing A81T FeaR; sensorsensitivity (G494S TynA) can be improved by A81T or A81S FeaR mutations;and/or PEA-Tyra selective sensors (A81T or A81S FeaR) can becomePEA-specific sensors when combined with G494S TynA. In some embodiments,the engineered regulator protein is an engineered TrpR and theengineered TrpR comprises one or more of the following mutations: theTrpR variant is O_(D) or O₁, repressing reporter expression in thepresence of Trp and 5-HTP, but not Trypta, wherein the protein sequenceor ligand binding site sequence of TrpR is at least about 80% identicalto a polypeptide encoded by the WT TrpR sequence of SEQ ID NO: 113 or WTligand binding site sequence or functional fragment or conservativesubstitution thereof and/or has ligand-binding activity. In someembodiments, the reference nucleotide sequence encoding TrpR is SEQ IDNO: 113 and the reference amino acid sequence for TrpR is SEQ ID NO:122; the reference nucleotide sequence encoding TyrR is SEQ ID NO: 11and the reference amino acid sequence for TyrR is SEQ ID NO: 124; thereference nucleotide sequence encoding FeaR is SEQ ID NO: 36 and thereference amino acid sequence for FeaR is SEQ ID NO: 125; or thereference nucleotide sequence encoding TynA is SEQ ID NO: 32 and thereference amino acid sequence for TynA is SEQ ID NO: 123. In someembodiments, the engineered regulator protein or enzyme (e.g., TyrR,FeaR, TynA, or TrpR) or the ligand binding site of the engineeredregulator protein or enzyme comprises at least 80% identity to apolypeptide encoded by SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO: 36, SEQ ID NO: 11, orSEQ ID NO: 113; at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO: 122 (TrpR WT), SEQID NO: 123 (tynA WT), SEQ ID NO: 124 (tyrR WT), or SEQ ID NO: 125 (fearWT); or at least 80% identity to D413 to Y496 of SEQ ID NO: 123, C7 toE274 of SEQ ID NO: 124, W12 to S118 of SEQ ID NO: 125, A81 to W110 ofSEQ ID NO: 125, Q76 to Q116 of SEQ ID NO: 125, K72 to T83 of SEQ ID NO:122, or a functional fragment or conservative substitution thereof. Insome embodiments, the K_(A) value of the engineered regulator protein isless than the K_(A) value of the wild type regulator protein in thepresence of a target aromatic compound; the K_(A) value of theengineered TyrR sensor is between about 0.05 mM and about 0.3 mMoptionally in human intestines, serum, or urine; or the K_(A) value ofthe engineered TynA-FeaR is between about 0.001 mM and about 0.1 mMoptionally in plasma or food. In some embodiments, the presence of atarget aromatic compound induces or represses reporter gene expressionof the engineered regulator protein or enzyme compared to the wild typeregulator protein or enzyme. In some embodiments, the engineeredregulator protein or enzyme has a selectivity, induction, or repressionresponse that is greater than wild type. In some embodiments, theregulator protein or enzyme or the regulator protein or enzyme bindingsite is modified to increase selectivity. In some embodiments, theengineered molecular sensor is a ligand-specific biosensor forphenylalanine, tyrosine, phenylethylamine, or tyramine. In someembodiments, the engineered molecular sensor is directly transferredinto probiotic organisms or purified for cell-free sensor application.Yet another embodiment provides for a selective sensor for specificallydetecting target aromatic compounds (e.g., Phe, Tyr) comprising: anengineered microorganism (e.g., an E. coli strain) comprising theengineered molecular sensor capable of expressing native or non-nativeTrpR (or functional mutants or variants thereof); and/or apromoter-reporter system comprising a reporter gene (e.g., GFP) underthe control of a promoter (e.g., Ptrp) capable of being induced orrepressed by one or more target aromatic compounds and producing anoutput response (e.g., increased expression or repression of thereporter gene). In some embodiments, the TrpR is a TrpR variant O_(D) orO₁, each with a synthetic Ptrp promoter, the selective sensor havingstrong repression in the presence of Trp and 5-HTP, but not Trypta. Insome embodiments, a genomic copy of wild-type trpR is knocked out fromthe engineered microorganism selected from an E. coli strain (e.g.,EcN). In some embodiments, the WT TrpR system has strong repression ofGFP expression with fold repressions of 120-fold, 20-fold, and 7-fold inresponse to Trp, 5-HTP, and/or Trpta, respectively. In some embodiments,the engineered TrpR variants maintain strong repression in the presenceof Trp and 5-HTP, but not Trypta. In some embodiments, the O_(D) variantdemonstrates about 5-fold and about 7-fold repression in response to Trpand/or 5-HTP, respectively. In some embodiments, the O₁ variantdemonstrates about 60-fold and about 15-fold repression in response toTrp and 5-HTP, respectively. In some embodiments, the target aromaticcompounds are one or more of tryptophan (Trp), 5-hydroxytryptophan(5-HTP), or tryptamine (Trypta). Yet another aspect of the presentdisclosure provides for an artificial DNA construct comprising, asoperably associated components in the 5′ to 3′ direction oftranscription: (a) a promoter functional in a microorganism (e.g.,transgenic microorganism, wild type microorganism); (b) a firstpolynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding (i) a firstpolypeptide having TrpR activity; (ii) a second polypeptide having TyrRactivity; or (iii) a first polypeptide having FeaR activity and a secondpolynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a secondpolypeptide having TynA activity; (c) a reporter gene (e.g., GFP);and/or (d) a transcriptional termination sequence. In some embodiments,the microorganism is capable of expressing native or non-native (i)TrpR; (ii) TyrR; or (iii) FeaR and TynA (or functional mutants orvariants thereof). In some embodiments, the microorganism specificallyexpresses or represses reporter gene expression compared to amicroorganism not comprising the artificial DNA construct in thepresence or absence of aromatic compounds. Yet another aspect of thepresent disclosure provides for a microbial sensor selected from anengineered wild type or transgenic microorganism transformed with theartificial DNA construct. In some embodiments, the wild type ortransgenic microorganism is selected from Escherichia coli Nissle 1917(EcN), DH10B, or E. coli MG1655. In some embodiments, the selectivesensor is selective for an aromatic compound and/or the aromaticcompound is an aromatic amino acid selected from phenylalanine (Phe),tyrosine (Tyr), and/or tryptophan (Trp). In some embodiments, theselective sensor is selective for an aromatic compound and the aromaticcompound is an aromatic amine neurochemical selected from dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), tryptamine (Trypta), serotonin,epinephrine, or norepinephrine. In some embodiments, a TrpR-based sensoris selective for Trp; a TyrR-based sensor is selective for Phe and/orTyr; and/or a TynA-FeaR sensor system is selective for aromatic amines.Yet another aspect of the present disclosure provides for aligand-specific sense-and-respond system, comprising purified sensors orengineered proteins or probiotics for specific sensing of aromaticcompounds (e.g., amino acids, aromatic amines, aromatic neurochemicals)comprising: providing a orthogonal DNA-TF binding system withaccompanying selectivity changes; changing ligand-TF binding specificityby leveraging differential multimerization patterns of TyrR withoutaffecting DNA-TF binding interaction; or a “dual-control knob” strategyto improve the specificity and sensitivity of substrate-enzyme andligand-TF interaction while maintaining DNA-TF binding interaction. Insome embodiments, target ligands are structurally similar andligand-protein binding controls downstream functions such as reportergene expression. In some embodiments, the ligand-specificsense-and-respond system comprises an engineered microorganism. Yetanother aspect of the present disclosure provides for a method of usingthe engineered molecular sensor, comprising obtaining or having obtaineda biological sample from a subject and/or contacting the biologicalsample with the engineered molecular sensor. In some embodiments, thesubject has an aromatic compound-associated disease, disorder, orcondition. In some embodiments, elevated levels of Phe detected by thesensor indicate the subject has phenylketonuria. In some embodiments,elevated levels of Tyr detected by the sensor indicate the subject hastype 2 tyrosinemia. In some embodiments, elevated levels of PEA detectedby the sensor indicate the subject has a psychological disorder. In someembodiments, the presence of Tyra detected by the sensor indicatescatecholamine release and/or an increase in blood pressure. In someembodiments, the presence of Trypta detected by the sensor causesserotonin release and/or stimulation of gastrointestinal motility. Yetanother aspect of the present disclosure provides for a method of usingthe engineered molecular sensor, comprising monitoring food quality ordiagnosing or treating metabolic, digestive, and/or neurologicaldisorders. In some embodiments, the presence of PEA, Tyra, and/or Tryptain food detected by the sensor indicates microbial contamination. Insome embodiments, the sensor dynamically identifies microbialcontamination in consumable products, manages various debilitatingneurological disorders, or normalizes dysregulated metabolitesassociated with metabolic disorders. In some embodiments, the sensorrecognizes or is selective for aromatic metabolites associated withvarious metabolic or neurological disorders or medical conditions. Insome embodiments, the aromatic compounds are selected from phenylalanine(Phe) or tyrosine (Tyr). In some embodiments, the aromatic compounds areneurochemicals. In some embodiments, the neurochemicals are selectedfrom aromatic neurotransmitters or neuromodulators. In some embodiments,the neurochemicals are selected from dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine(PEA), tyramine (Tyra), tryptamine (Trypta), serotonin, epinephrine, ornorepinephrine. In some embodiments, the subject has or is suspected ofhaving a medical condition associated with elevation, presence, orabsence of aromatic compounds. In some embodiments, the sensordifferentiates metabolites with divergent functions even havingstructural similarity. In some embodiments, the sensor modulates thespecificity of ligand-protein binding while maintaining protein-DNAinteractions and thus downstream gene expression control. Yet anotheraspect of the present disclosure provides for a method of using theengineered molecular sensor, the method comprising monitoring foodquality, diagnosing or treating metabolic, digestive, and/orneurological disorders in probiotics or ex vivo wearable, paper-based orcell-free systems, or dynamically regulating enzymatic pathways formicrobial metabolic engineering using the engineered molecular sensor.Yet another aspect of the present disclosure provides for a method ofprotein engineering (e.g., a regulator protein or enzyme) comprising:mutagenizing specific amino acids in and around a ligand-binding site ofa protein or enzyme (e.g., TrpR, TyrR, FeaR, TynA), wherein themutagenizing enables changes in ligand-protein binding specificity whilemaintaining protein-DNA interaction and thus downstream gene expressioncontrol; and/or linking ligand-protein binding to output response (e.g.,promoter-reporter gene system).

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FIG. 1A-FIG. 1C. Phenylalanine- and tyrosine-dependent regulation of thePtyrP promoter by TyrR is tyrosine-dominant (A) Structures of the twoTyrR ligands phenylalanine (Phe) and tyrosine (Tyr). Structuraldifferences between ligands are shown in red. (B) Schematic of how TyrRregulates the PtyrP promoter in a Phe- and Tyr-dependent manner. (C)Transfer curves for PtyrP with plasmid-based overexpression of wild-typeTyrR in response to Phe, Tyr, and the specified concentrations of bothPhe and Tyr. Points represent experimental data while lines representthe fitted curves (see e.g., TABLE 2). Values and error bars are theaverage and standard deviation of biological triplicate, respectively.See also FIG. 8A-FIG. 8C.

FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G. Development of phenylalanine- and tyrosine-specificsensors (A) Response of the PtyrP promoter to 1 mM phenylalanine (Phe),1 mM tyrosine (Tyr), and both 1-mM Phe and 1-mM Tyr with plasmid-basedoverexpression of wild type (WT), E274Q mutant, and R10F mutant TyrR.(B) Structure of the Phe-binding pocket in the N-terminal regions of theTyrR homodimer. TyrR monomers are in white and magenta. Selected aminoacids with known roles in Phe-dependent modulation of RNA polymerase areshown in elemental coloring: carbon atoms are shown in green, nitrogenin blue, oxygen in red, and sulfur in yellow. The structure was obtainedfrom RCSB protein data bank (Reference ID 2JHE), and the image wasgenerated using PyMOL. (C) Modulation of the Phe-induction threshold forthe PtyrP promoter by saturation mutagenesis of the TyrR's Phe-bindingpocket. Two TyrR mutants, E274Q+T14V and E274Q+D103S, were obtained withincreased K_(A) values (2-fold and 3-fold higher than the E274Q mutant,respectively). (D-G) Transfer curves for PtyrP with plasmid-basedoverexpression of E274Q (D), E274Q+T14V (E), E274Q+D103S (F), and R10F(G) TyrR variants in response to Phe, Tyr, and the specifiedconcentrations of both Phe and Tyr. Points represent experimental datawhile lines represent the fitted curves (see e.g., TABLE 2). Theresponses to Tyr (D-F) or Phe (G) were not fit due to a lack ofresponse. Values and error bars are the average and standard deviationof biological triplicate, respectively. AA, amino acid. See also FIG.9A-FIG. 9B, FIG. 10A-FIG. 10D, and FIG. 11-FIG. 12.

FIG. 3A-FIG. 3D. Development and characterization of sensors foraromatic amines. (A) Structures of the four TynA substratesphenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), dopamine (DA), and tryptamine(Trypta) as well as the corresponding aldehyde ligands for FeaR.Structural differences between ligands are shown in green. (B) Schematicof aromatic amine sensing using the TynA-FeaR system. The TynA enzymeconverts periplasmic amines to aldehydes, which are imported into thecytoplasm. In the presence of the aldehydes, FeaR induces expressionfrom the PtynA promoter. (C) Validation that FeaR regulates PtynA inresponse to aldehydes and not amines. DA induces PtynA expression in thepresence, but not absence of TynA. (D) Transfer curves of PtynA after 24h of induction with DA, PEA, Tyra, and Trypta. Points representexperimental data while lines represent the fitted curves (see e.g.,TABLE 2). Values and error bars are the average and standard deviationof biological triplicate, respectively. See also FIG. 13 and FIG. 14.

FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D. Identification of phenylethylamine andtyramine-selective sensors through TynA engineering. (A) Structure ofthe TynA catalytic domain. Unmutagenized amino acids with knowncatalytic roles are in red. Amino acids selected for mutagenesis are inblue. The structure was obtained from RCSB protein data bank (ReferenceID 6EZZ), and the image was generated using PyMOL. (B) GFP fluorescencefrom PtynA when induced for 24 h with 0 mM and 1 mM dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). PtynAwas regulated by wild-type TynA (left), G494S TynA (middle), or G415HTynA (right) and either wild-type or A81T (*) FeaR. (C and D) Transfercurves of PtynA after 24 h of induction with DA, PEA, Tyra, and Trypta.PtynA was regulated by the G494S TynA mutant with the A81T FeaR mutant(C) or the G415H TynA mutant with wild-type FeaR (D). Points representexperimental data while lines represent the fitted curves (see e.g.,TABLE 2). The responses of G494S* to DA, Tyr, and Trypta and theresponses of G415H to DA and Trypta were not fit due to a lack ofresponse. Values and error bars are the average and standard deviationof biological triplicate, respectively. See also FIG. 15-FIG. 19.

FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D. Engineering FeaR to identify improvedphenylethylamine-specific sensors (A) Computationally predictedligand-binding region of FeaR. Key residues are shown with (magenta) andwithout (green) phenylethylamine-aldehyde (PEA-aldehyde; cyan)complexed. The structure was predicted using the Robetta web server.Ligand docking was modeled using the Rosetta Ligand Docking Serverhosted by ROSIE. The image was generated using PyMOL. (B) Fluorescencefrom PtynA when induced for 24 h with 0.25 mM dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). PtynAwas regulated by wild-type TynA and 20 different FeaR variants with thespecified amino acid in the 81st position. Residues for each group arelisted from left to right in order of increasing size. Non-zero valuesand error bars are the average and standard deviation of biologicaltriplicate, respectively. Variants with significant expression inresponse to PEA were determined by unpaired t tests (p<0.05). (C)Transfer curve of PtynA after 24 h of induction with DA, PEA, Tyra, andTrypta. PtynA was regulated by wild-type TynA and the A81L FeaR mutant.Points represent experimental data while the line represents the fittedcurve (see e.g., TABLE 2). The responses to DA, Tyr, and Trypta were notfit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars are the average andstandard deviation of biological triplicate, respectively. (D)Reorganization of FIG. 6B with respect to the size and hydropathy indexof the 81st residue (see e.g., TABLE 3). The blue area representscharacteristic values that permit binding of Tyra. See also FIG. 20-FIG.25.

FIG. 6A-FIG. 6E. Engineering additional FeaR amino acids to identifyamine-specific sensors. (A-C) Fluorescence from PtynA when induced for24 h with 0.25 mM dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine(Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). PtynA was regulated by wild-type TynAand 20 different FeaR variants with the specified amino acid in the (A)83rd, (B) 108th, or (C) 110th position. Residues for each group arelisted with their size and hydropathy index (see e.g., TABLE 3). Valuesare the average of biological triplicate. To obtain the relativefluorescence, fluorescence values for each variant were normalized tothe fluorescence of the wild-type sensor (see Methods; Equation 3). (Dand E) Transfer curves of PtynA after 24 h of induction with DA, PEA,Tyra, and Trypta. The expression of PtynA was regulated by wild-typeTynA with (D) M83Y or (E) M83N FeaR variants. Points representexperimental data while lines represent the fitted curves (see Methodsand TABLE 2). Values and error bars are the average and standarddeviation of biological triplicate, respectively. See also FIG. 26-FIG.29.

FIG. 7 is a schematic depicting creation of specific sensors forstructurally similar amino acids and neurochemicals.

FIG. 8A-FIG. 8C. Promoter screen for the TyrR regulon, related to FIG.1A-FIG. 1C. (A) Schematic for how TyrR regulates promoters in aphenylalanine (Phe)- and tyrosine (Tyr)-dependent manner. In the absenceof its amino acid (AA) ligands or in the presence of Phe, TyrR exists ashomodimers that bind to high-affinity binding sites (strong boxes). Whenbound to Tyr, TyrR forms hexamers that bind to both the high-affinityand low-affinity (weak boxes) binding sites. TyrR alone is unable tointeract with RNA polymerase (RNAP). However, AA-TyrR complexes induceexpression of the promoter when bound to DNA upstream of the −35 site(as for Pmtr and the strong box for PtyrP). In contrast, AA-TyrRcomplexes repress expression from the promoter when bound to DNAoverlapping or downstream of the −35 site (as for PtyrR, PtyrB, ParoF,ParoP, and the weak box for PtyrP). (B) TyrR-regulated promoter screenwith wild-type expression of TyrR. Two known TyrR-inducible promotersshowed significant induction in response to Phe or Tyr, while knownrepressible promoters showed only weak repression (at best 3-fold) inresponse to Phe or Tyr. The wild-type PtyrB promoter showed nodetectable expression. Statistical comparisons were performed usingtwo-tailed unpaired t-tests (ns, P>0.05; *, P<0.05; ***, P<0.001; ****,P<0.0001). (C) When TyrR was overexpressed, TyrR-mediated repressions ofParoF and ParoP were improved. Both the ParoF and ParoP promoters weremutated (*) to increase the expression level (see e.g., TABLE 6 forsequences). Values and error bars are the average and standard deviationof biological triplicate, respectively. AA, amino acid.

FIG. 9A-FIG. 9B. Potential TyrR variants with reduced sensitivity tophenylalanine, related to FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G. (A and B) Six TyrR E274Qvariants were identified from the eight amino acid saturationmutagenesis libraries as having a reduced sensitivity to phenylalanine(Phe). Fluorescence values (A) were normalized by their maximuminduction value (B). Each mutant showed a reduced level of inductionrelative to E274Q TyrR in response to 0.01 mM and 0.05 mM Phe. Allvalues are from a single experiment.

FIG. 10A-FIG. 10D. Phenylalanine response of non-selected TyrR mutants,related to FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G. (A-D) PtyrP transfer curves with respect tophenylalanine (Phe) for TyrR variants E274Q+C7V (A), E274Q+L11G (B),E274Q+T14G (C), and E274Q+D103H (D). Points represent experimental datawhile lines represent the fitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2).Values and error bars are the average and standard deviation ofbiological triplicate, respectively.

FIG. 11. Screening potential tyrosine-selective TyrR variants, relatedto FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G. Five potential tyrosine (Tyr)-selective TyrRvariants were selected from the eight saturation mutagenesis libraries.Each variant was screened for its response to 0 mM amino acids (AA), 1mM phenylalanine (Phe), 1 mM Tyr, and both 1 mM Phe and 1 mM Tyr. TheR10F TyrR mutant was selected as the best Tyr-selective sensor. Valuesand error bars are the average and standard deviation of biologicaltriplicate, respectively. AA, amino acid.

FIG. 12. Phenylalanine and tyrosine sensors are fully induced orrepressed in rich medium, related to FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G. Response of thePtyrP promoter to 0 mM and 1 mM phenylalanine (Phe), 1 mM tyrosine(Tyr), and both 1 mM Phe and 1 mM Tyr in LB medium. The expression ofPtyrP was regulated by wild-type (VVT) TyrR or four TyrR mutantvariants. Values and error bars are the average and standard deviationof biological triplicate, respectively. AA, amino acid.

FIG. 13. Comparison of genomic context of feaR, feaB, and tynA in fiveselected E. coli strains, related to FIG. 3A-FIG. 3D. Genomic feaR,feaB, and tynA genes and their adjacent genes are shown for fiveselected E. coli strains: E. coli Nissle 1917 (EcN), uropathogenic E.coli UT1891 (UPEC), E. coli K12 MG1655, E. coli DH5a, andenterohaemorrhagic E. coli EDL933 (EHEC). Genes are shown as arrows withsame colors represent homologs.

FIG. 14. PtynA transfer curves after 5 h of induction, related to FIG.3A-FIG. 3D. Transfer curves of PtynA after 5 h of induction withdopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine(Trypta). Points represent experimental data while lines represent thefitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2). Values and error bars are theaverage and standard deviation of biological triplicate, respectively.

FIG. 15. Full protein structure for TynA, related to FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D.Structure of a TynA homodimer. Monomers are in white and magenta. Aminoacids with known catalytic roles are in red. Amino acids selected forrandom mutagenesis are in blue. The structure was obtained from RCSBProtein Data Bank (Reference ID 6EZZ), and the image was generated usingPyMOL.

FIG. 16. Growth-based dual selection method for identifyingligand-selective aromatic amine sensors, related to FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D.TynA was mutagenized to alter the specificity of the enzyme to its aminesubstrates. Wild-type FeaR non-selectively binds to the aldehydeproducts and induces expression from the PtynA promoter. PtynA drivesexpression of a GFP reporter, the beta-lactamase Bla, and thelevansucrase SacB. In the presence of carbenicillin, PtynA induction andBla expression allows for cell survival (positive selection). In thepresence of sucrose, PtynA induction and SacB expression causes celldeath (negative selection). Ligand-selective TynA variants should induceexpression of Bla in the presence of the ligand, but not induceexpression of SacB in the presence of alternative ligands, allowing thecell to survive in the presence of carbenicillin or sucrose.

FIG. 17A-FIG. 17B. Transfer curves for the optimalphenylethylamine-specific or tyramine-selective sensors, related to FIG.4A-FIG. 4D. (A and B) Transfer curves of PtynA after 5 h of inductionwith dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), andtryptamine (Trypta). The expression of PtynA was regulated by the G494STynA mutant with the A81T FeaR mutant (A) or the G415H TynA mutant withwild-type FeaR (B). Points represent experimental data while linesrepresent the fitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2). The responses ofG494S* to DA, Tyra, and Trypta and the responses of G415H to DA andTrypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 18A-FIG. 18B. Transfer curves for the phenylethylamine-specificG494S sensor, related to FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D. (A and B) Transfer curves ofPtynA after 5 h (A) and 24 h (B) of induction with dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). Theexpression of PtynA was regulated by the G494S TynA mutant with wildtypeFeaR. Points represent experimental data while lines represent thefitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2). The responses to DA, Tyra, andTrypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 19A-FIG. 19B. Validation of tyramine-selective TynA mutants,related to FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D. (A and B) GFP fluorescence from PtynA wheninduced with 0 mM and 1 mM dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA),tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta) for 5 h (A) and 24 h (B). PtynAwas regulated by wild-type (WT), S414M, or G415H TynA and wild-typeFeaR. G415H was identified as the most Tyra-selective sensor based ont-test. Values and error bars are the average and standard deviation ofbiological triplicate, respectively. Statistical comparisons wereperformed using two-tailed unpaired t-tests (ns, P>0.05; *, P<0.05; **,P<0.01).

FIG. 20. Location of A81 within FeaR, related to FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D.Computationally predicted structure of FeaR. Residue A81 (arrow) isoriented towards the interior of a solvent-accessible beta-barrel. Themagenta region is the predicted ligand-binding domain and the cyanregion is the predicted DNA-binding domain. The structure was predictedusing the Robetta Web Server, and the image was generated using PyMOL.

FIG. 21. Effect of the A81T FeaR mutation on ligand selectivity, relatedto FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D. Reporter fluorescence from PtynA when induced for 24h with 0 mM and 1 mM dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine(Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). PtynA was regulated by wild-type (VVT),S414M, or G415H TynA and WT or A81T FeaR. Values and error bars are theaverage and standard deviation of biological triplicate, respectively.Statistical comparisons were performed using two-tailed unpaired t-tests(ns, P>0.05; *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01).

FIG. 22A-FIG. 22B. The A81T FeaR mutation improves sensitivity tophenylethylamine aldehyde and thus increases selectivity, related toFIG. 5A-FIG. 5D. (A and B) Transfer curves of PtynA after 24 h ofinduction with phenylethylamine (PEA). The expression of PtynA wasregulated by wild-type TynA (A) or G494S TynA (B) and FeaR with andwithout the A81T or A81S mutations. Points represent experimental datawhile lines represent the fitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2).Values and error bars are the average and standard deviation ofbiological triplicate, respectively.

FIG. 23A-FIG. 23B. Transfer curves for the phenylethylamine-specificG494S TynA and A81S FeaR sensor, related to FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D. (A and B)Transfer curves of PtynA after 5 h (A) and 24 h (B) of induction withdopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine(Trypta). The expression of PtynA was regulated by G494S TynA and A81SFeaR. Points represent experimental data while lines represent thefitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2). The responses to DA, Tyra, andTrypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 24. PtynA transfer curves after 5 h of induction with thephenylethylamine-specific A81 L FeaR sensor, related to FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D.Transfer curves of PtynA after 5 h of induction with dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). Theexpression of PtynA was regulated by wild-type TynA with the A81L FeaRmutant. Points represent experimental data while the line represents thefitted curve (see Methods and TABLE 2). The responses to DA, Tyra, andTrypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 25A-FIG. 25B. Transfer curves for the phenylethylamine-specificA81P FeaR sensor, related to FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D. (A and B) Transfer curvesof PtynA after 5 h (A) and 24 h (B) of induction with dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). Theexpression of PtynA was regulated by wild-type TynA with the A81P FeaRmutant. Points represent experimental data while lines represent thefitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2). The responses to DA, Tyra, andTrypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 26. Ligand-binding pocket of different FeaR variants, related toFIG. 5A-FIG. 5D and FIG. 6A-FIG. 6E. Ligand-binding pocket of thecomputationally predicted structures of promiscuous wild-type A81(green), PEA/Tyra-selective T81 (magenta), PEA-specific L81 (cyan), andnonfunctional H81 (orange) FeaR. Structures were predicted using theRobetta Web Server and the image was generated using PyMOL.

FIG. 27A-FIG. 27C. Engineering additional FeaR amino acids to identifyamine-specific sensors, related to FIG. 6A-FIG. 6E. (A-C) Fluorescencefrom PtynA when induced for 24 h with 0.25 mM dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). PtynAwas regulated by wild-type TynA and 20 different FeaR variants with thespecified amino acid in the (A) 83rd, (B) 108th, or (C) 110th position.Residues for each group are listed from left to right in order ofincreasing size. Values and error bars are the average and standarddeviation of biological triplicate, respectively.

FIG. 28A-FIG. 28D. Transfer curves for Tyra-specific FeaR variants,related to FIG. 6A-FIG. 6E. Transfer curves of PtynA after 24 h ofinduction with dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra),and tryptamine (Trypta). The expression of PtynA was regulated bywild-type TynA with (A) M83Q, (B) L108T, (C) W110S, or (D) W110C FeaRvariants. Points represent experimental data while lines represent thefitted curves (see Methods and TABLE 2). The responses to DA, Tyra, andTrypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 29A-FIG. 29B. TynA-FeaR sensor activity and specificity in richermedia, related to FIG. 6A-FIG. 6E. (A and B) Fluorescence from PtynAwhen induced for 24 h with 0 mM and 1 mM dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine(PEA), tyramine (Tyra), tryptamine (Trypta), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylaceticacid (DOPAC), phenylacetic acid (PAA), 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid(HPAA), and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in (A) M9+2% glycerol+0.2%casamino acids or (B) LB. PtynA was regulated by the specified variantsof TynA and FeaR. The response of the G494S TynA mutant sensors was notdetermined (ND) for DOPAC, PAA, HPAA, or IAA. Values and error bars arethe average and standard deviation of biological triplicate,respectively.

FIG. 30. Schematic design of biosensor development for tryptaminespecific biosensors by genetic parts swapping. Three types of tynA andfeaR genes from E. coli K-12 MG1655 (MG), Klebsiella aerogenes (KA) andKlebsiella pneumoniae (KP), and two types of PtynA sequences were chosenand tested in 18 different combinations. PtynA-KP/KA was constructed byreplacing the FeaR binding sites of PtynA-MG with those from Klebsiellaspecies. Sequences of those constructs are shown in TABLE 7.

FIG. 31. Significant enhancement of fluorescence intensity induced byTryptamine in sensor systems containing FeaR-KA. GFP fluorescence fromPtynA when induced for 24 h with 0 mM (None) and 0.5 mM dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). PtynAfrom MG or KP/KA was regulated by TynA from MG or KP and FeaR from MG orKA. Data with TynA from KA and FeaR from KP were not included since theyshowed very low activity. Values and error bars are the average andstandard deviation of biological triplicate, respectively.

FIG. 32. Tryptamine specific variant I109N. GFP fluorescence fromPtynA-MG when induced for 24 h with 0 mM (None) and 0.5 mM dopamine(DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta).Sensor system with PtynA-MG, TynA-KP and FeaR-KA was chosen as the wildtype (WT) for further directed evolution. TynA-KP was employed to reducethe possible interference from DA during evolution processes. Values anderror bars are the average and standard deviation of biologicaltriplicate, respectively.

FIG. 33A-FIG. 33B. Transfer curves for the tryptamine-specific FeaR-KAI109N sensor, related to FIG. 32. Transfer curves of PtynA after 5 h (A)and 24 h (B) of induction with dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA),tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine (Trypta). The expression of PtynA-MG wasregulated by the TynA-KP with FeaR-KA I109N mutant. Points representexperimental data while lines represent the fitted curves. The responsesto DA, Tyra, and Trypta were not fit due to a lack of response. Valuesand error bars are the average and standard deviation of biologicaltriplicate, respectively.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure is based, at least in part, on the development ofthe first ligand-specific or selective sensors for aromatic compoundssuch as aromatic neurochemicals or aromatic amino acids.

Examples of aromatic amino acids can be phenylalanine (Phe) and tyrosine(Tyr). Examples of aromatic neurochemicals (e.g., neurotransmitters,neuromodulators) can be aromatic amines, such as phenylethylamine (PEA)and tyramine (Tyra), which are structurally similar and have beenimplicated in a variety of medical conditions.

As described herein, biosensors with high selectivity for aromaticcompounds, such as phenylalanine, tyrosine, phenylethylamine, ortyramine, were developed and demonstrated for the first time.

Applications for this technology can include:

1) developing medically-relevant probiotic sensors with highspecificity, which is critical to differentiate metabolites withdivergent functions and create smart probiotics for accurate diagnostictools; and

2) developing autonomous microbes that dynamically identify microbialcontamination in consumable products, manage various debilitatingneurological disorders, and normalize dysregulated metabolitesassociated with metabolic disorders.

Publically available or computational tools purchased include: the MOTIFSearch webtool (genome.jp), Robetta Web Server, Chem3D 16.0(PerkinElmer, Waltham, Mass.), Rosetta Ligand Docking Server hosted byROSIE, KEGG database, https://www.hmpdacc.org/HMRGD/, Interactive treeof life (iTOL) phylogeny tree annotation tool, HMP database, Greengenes,NCBI, and PyMOL 2.4.1 (Schrödinger, Inc., New York, N.Y.).

Engineered Microorganism

Many probiotics have been engineered for therapeutic applications,including treating various cancers, inflammatory disorders, metabolicdisorders, and bacterial infections. Many of these probioticsconstitutively express the proteins, raising concerns of off-targeteffects and genetic stability. Several engineered probiotics partiallymitigate this concern by using sensors that limit protein expression totargeted biogeographical regions. For example, probiotics have beendesigned to regulate the therapeutic expression through sensors thatdetect oxygen content. However, they should also be engineered withbiosensors that recognize the disease state by measuring theconcentrations of relevant metabolites. By using disease-specificsensors, therapeutics can be delivered with both geographical andtemporal precision. In addition, these sensors expand the potentialapplications of the engineered probiotics, which can be used to diagnosenumerous disorders.

To develop these smart probiotics, the toolbox of sensors needs to beexpanded for common probiotic microbes. Synthetic sensors can be createdusing several protein design approaches. However, sensors can also beobtained more efficiently by mining sensors that naturally exist inmicrobes. These sensors can often be directly transferred into probioticorganisms for use in various applications. However, most natural sensorsrecognize multiple structurally similar, but functionally diverse,metabolites often found in close proximity. To accurately correlate theconcentration of a chemical with biological outcomes, engineeredmicrobes need to differentiate between different chemicals. In addition,sensors often have an inadequate sensitivity to the ligand or lackorthogonality with native regulatory pathways in the probiotic, limitingtheir utility.

Specific sensing is critical for many probiotic sensor applications.Chronically elevated levels of structurally similar phenylalanine (Phe)and tyrosine (Tyr) are associated with the distinct disordersphenylketonuria and type 2 tyrosinemia, respectively. Sensors for bothmetabolites have been generated in different E. coli strains. However,the sensors are based on the wild-type version of the multi-ligandresponsive TyrR transcription factor from E. coli and have limitedselectivity and low dynamic ranges, making them unsuitable fordifferentiating between the two disorders. Similarly, the structurallysimilar amines phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), and tryptamine(Trypta) are all commonly found and produced in the gut, but contributeto distinct biological outcomes. For example, extreme levels of PEA havebeen associated with a variety of psychological disorders, the presenceof Tyra leads to catecholamine release and an increase in bloodpressure, and the presence of Trypta causes serotonin release and thestimulation of gastrointestinal motility. Additionally, the presence ofPEA, Tyra, and Trypta in food are indicators of microbial contamination,and eating foods with high levels of Tyra can lead to poisoning.Currently, there are no biosensors with high ligand specificity forthese medically relevant chemicals, which can be employed in probioticmicrobes.

A variety of protein engineering methods have been demonstrated foroptimizing the selectivity and sensitivity of protein and RNA sensors.These approaches include directed evolution, rational design, andcomputational de novo design. Although each method has advantages,rational engineering can uniquely be performed using both basicknowledge of the protein structure and small library sizes, allowing forrapid construction and screening of libraries. In addition, when thestructure of the protein is unknown, conserved or essential residues canalso be identified through computational simulations or by aligning thesequence of the sensor with other proteins in the same family. Despiteadvances in protein engineering, creating ligand-specificsense-and-respond systems remains challenging due to the need to couplesubtle protein conformational changes with differential protein-DNAinteractions and gene expression control, especially when the targetligands are structurally similar.

Here is described the generation of sensors for a variety ofdisease-relevant aromatic metabolites in probiotic Escherichia coliNissle 1917 (EcN). These metabolites include aromatic amino acids Phe,Tyr, and tryptophan (Trp), which are required to synthesize proteins anddiverse essential metabolites, and aromatic amine neurochemicalsdopamine (DA), PEA, Tyra, and Trypta, which are associated with manyhealth issues. To generate sensors for these aromatic metabolites, threesensor systems were identified and engineered: the TrpR (Trp) sensor,the TyrR (Phe and Tyr) sensor, and the TynA-FeaR (aromatic amine) sensorsystem. Multiple engineered TrpR sensors were first characterized, whichwere previously created to be orthogonal to the wild-type E. coli-nativesystem, and how the mutations impact the selectivity of the sensors wasassessed. Next, the ligand selectivity of the TyrR and TynA-FeaR sensorsystems was engineered and their sensitivity was tuned by rationallyselecting and individually mutating amino acids in TyrR, TynA, and FeaR.This method of protein engineering quickly generates multiple smalllibraries that can be efficiently screened. Altogether, the firstsensors selective for Phe, Tyr, PEA, or Tyra were generated. Inengineering FeaR, novel insights into the uncharacterized structure ofFeaR are also provided and residues important for ligand binding wereidentified for the first time. This work provides sensors with diverseclinical applications in engineering smart probiotics as well as ageneralizable approach to modulating the specificity of ligand-proteinbinding while maintaining protein-DNA interactions and thus downstreamgene expression control.

Microorganism

The disclosed system uses a microorganism (e.g., probiotic (bacteria,yeast)) to display biomolecules or binding agents.

Generally, one of the criteria that bacteria must meet in order for themto be regarded as probiotics is that they have to be able to survive andthrive throughout the GIT conditions and confer their beneficialeffects. A preferred microorganism does not colonize the gut, and isthus, easily controlled.

For example, the microorganism can be Escherichia coli Nissle 1917(EcN), DH10B, or E. coli MG1655. Other microorganisms that canengineered to incorporate sensors can be probiotics known in the art(see e.g., Bober Synthetic Biology Approaches to Engineer Probiotics andMembers of the Human Microbiota for Biomedical Applications. Annu RevBiomed Eng. 2018; 20:277-300; Mathipa and Thantsha Gut Pathog (2017)9:28). Probiotics can include bacteria from the genera Streptococcus,Enterococcus, Pediococci, Weissella, or Lactococcus, but the most commonones used belong to Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria spp.

The microorganism can be yeast, such as a Saccharomyces (e.g.,Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM 1-745). Due toits inability to colonize the human gut, S. boulardii can be engineeredto act as a sensor (and can pass through a host gut).

Binding Agents/Biomolecules

Binding agents, such as biomolecules (e.g., a ligand-binding moiety) canbe displayed on the surface of the engineered microorganism. As such,the engineered microorganism can be designed to have a binding affinityto a specific aromatic compound with discriminating specificity.

The binding moiety can be the proteins, TrpR (Trp) sensor, the TyrR (Pheand Tyr) sensor, and the TynA-FeaR (aromatic amine) sensor system. Here,it is shown that their sensitivity can be tuned by rationally selectingand individually mutating amino acids in TyrR, TynA, and FeaR. Thesesensors have been shown to be selective for Phe, Tyr, PEA, or Tyra.

K_(A) is a half maximal constant. K_(A) values can be greater than 0 mM,between about 0.001 mM and 0.3 mM. For example, for a TyrR in humanintestines, serum, or urine a K_(A) of 0.05-0.3 mM is consideredsufficient. As another example, in plasma or food, a K_(A) of 0.001-0.1mM is considered sufficient.

TrpR (Trp) Sensor.

First, multiple engineered TrpR sensors were characterized, which werepreviously created to be orthogonal to the wild-type E. coli-nativesystem, and assess how the mutations impact the selectivity of thesensors.

Transcriptional Regulatory Protein TyrR (Phe and Tyr) Sensor.

The ligand selectivity of the TyrR sensor was engineered and theirsensitivity was tuned by rationally selecting and individually mutatingamino acids in TyrR.

As shown in Example 1, the Phe-specific sensors have the potential to beapplied to kinetically diagnose and treat disorders that causePhe-dysregulation without interference from intestinal Tyr.

TyrR protein is involved in transcriptional regulation of aromatic aminoacid biosynthesis and transport. TyrR modulates the expression of atleast 8 unlinked operons. Seven of these operons are regulated inresponse to changes in the concentration of the three aromatic aminoacids (phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan). These amino acids aresuggested to act as co-effectors which bind to the TyrR protein to forman active regulatory protein. In most cases TyrR causes negativeregulation, but positive effects on the tyrP gene have been observed athigh phenylalanine concentrations. The native tyrR gene (E. coli) isautogenously regulated by a mechanism that gives similar rates ofexpression of tyrR irrespective of the concentration of the aromaticamino acids.

Monoamine Oxidase TynA-FeaR Regulator (Aromatic Amine) Sensor System.

The ligand selectivity of the TynA-FeaR sensor systems was engineeredand sensitivity was tuned by rationally selecting and individuallymutating amino acids in TynA and FeaR.

TynA-FeaR system: a sensor plasmid, which consisted of constitutivelyexpressed TynA and FeaR from E. coli MG1655, and a reporter plasmid,which consisted of GFP under the control of PtynA promoter (see e.g.,FIG. 3B). Either TynA or FeaR can be engineered for selectivity.

Target Aromatic Compounds

As described herein, the present disclosure provides for a biosensorthat specifically interacts with aromatic compounds.

For example, the aromatic compound can be an aromatic amino acidselected from phenylalanine (Phe), tyrosine (Tyr), or tryptophan (Trp).

As another example, the aromatic compound can be an aromatic amineneurochemical selected from dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA),tyramine (Tyra), tryptamine (Trypta), serotonin, epinephrine, ornorepinephrine.

Reporters for Artificial Sensors/Signaling System

The engineered microorganism can be engineered to incorporate reportersfor use in artificial sensing and signaling.

The engineered microorganisms described herein can comprise a reporter(or sensor). The reporter can be a sensor protein to detect pH, animmune receptor, or reporter proteins (e.g., GFP, RFP (e.g., mCherry),BFP, luminescence protein (e.g., luciferase)).

For example, the engineered microorganism can comprise apromoter-reporter system and/or a dual-control knob system.

Biosensors/Detectors

The present disclosure also provides for a method of constructingengineered microorganism biosensors that selectively recognize and reactto a wide range of sensible target aromatic compounds in vivo. Theengineered microorganism can include a reporter. The three sensorsystems described here include the TrpR (Trp) sensor, the TyrR (Phe andTyr) sensor, and the TynA-FeaR (aromatic amine) sensor system.

As described herein, the engineered microorganisms can be used forsensing applications. For example, a portion of a functional protein canbe used to induce or repress a transcriptional response.

The promoter PtyrP upregulates gene expression via thephenylalanine-binding transcriptional dual regulator TyrR.

As described in Example 1, six E. coli-native promoters werecharacterized using genomic expression or plasmid-based overexpressionof TyrR to identify the best promoter in EcN. PtyrP was selected as asensor as it displayed an activating response to Phe and a repressingresponse to Tyr, allowing for clear differentiation between the presenceof each amino acid, especially with overexpression of TyrR (see e.g.,FIG. 1B and FIG. 10). Other promoters tested included PtynA, PtyrP,PtyrR, Pmtr, PtyrB, ParoF, and ParoP.

As described herein, engineered microorganisms that can be used fordetecting or sensing aromatic compounds. For example, a detection moietycan be used (e.g., GFP, RFP, BFP, luminescence protein). As such, everyengineered microorganism that sensed a target aromatic compound willoverexpress (“light up”) or be repressed.

As a microbial biosensor targeting gut health, the disclosed engineeredE. coli can overcome limitations of conventional approaches that dependon very limited existing sensing mechanisms in nature.

Molecular Engineering

The following definitions and methods are provided to better define thepresent invention and to guide those of ordinary skill in the art in thepractice of the present invention. Unless otherwise noted, terms are tobe understood according to conventional usage by those of ordinary skillin the relevant art.

The term “transfection,” as used herein, refers to the process ofintroducing nucleic acids into cells by non-viral methods. The term“transduction,” as used herein, refers to the process whereby foreignDNA is introduced into another cell via a viral vector.

The terms “heterologous DNA sequence”, “exogenous DNA segment”, or“heterologous nucleic acid,” as used herein, each refers to a sequencethat originates from a source foreign to the particular host cell or, iffrom the same source, is modified from its original form. Thus, aheterologous gene in a host cell includes a gene that is endogenous tothe particular host cell but has been modified through, for example, theuse of DNA shuffling or cloning. The terms also include non-naturallyoccurring multiple copies of a naturally occurring DNA sequence. Thus,the terms refer to a DNA segment that is foreign or heterologous to thecell, or homologous to the cell but in a position within the host cellnucleic acid in which the element is not ordinarily found. Exogenous DNAsegments are expressed to yield exogenous polypeptides. A “homologous”DNA sequence is a DNA sequence that is naturally associated with a hostcell into which it is introduced.

Expression vector, expression construct, plasmid, or recombinant DNAconstruct is generally understood to refer to a nucleic acid that hasbeen generated via human intervention, including by recombinant means ordirect chemical synthesis, with a series of specified nucleic acidelements that permit transcription or translation of a particularnucleic acid in, for example, a host cell. The expression vector can bepart of a plasmid, virus, or nucleic acid fragment. Typically, theexpression vector can include a nucleic acid to be transcribed operablylinked to a promoter.

An “expression vector”, otherwise known as an “expression construct”, isgenerally a plasmid or virus designed for gene expression in cells. Thevector is used to introduce a specific gene into a target cell, and cancommandeer the cell's mechanism for protein synthesis to produce theprotein encoded by the gene. Expression vectors are the basic tools inbiotechnology for the production of proteins. The vector is engineeredto contain regulatory sequences that act as enhancer and/or promoterregions and lead to efficient transcription of the gene carried on theexpression vector. The goal of a well-designed expression vector is theefficient production of protein, and this may be achieved by theproduction of significant amount of stable messenger RNA, which can thenbe translated into protein. The expression of a protein may be tightlycontrolled, and the protein is only produced in significant quantitywhen necessary through the use of an inducer, in some systems howeverthe protein may be expressed constitutively. As described herein,Escherichia coli is used as the host for protein production, but othercell types may also be used.

In molecular biology, an “inducer” is a molecule that regulates geneexpression. An inducer can function in two ways, such as:

(i) By disabling repressors. The gene is expressed because an inducerbinds to the repressor. The binding of the inducer to the repressorprevents the repressor from binding to the operator. RNA polymerase canthen begin to transcribe operon genes.

(ii) By binding to activators. Activators generally bind poorly toactivator DNA sequences unless an inducer is present. An activator bindsto an inducer and the complex binds to the activation sequence andactivates the target gene. Removing the inducer stops transcription.Because a small inducer molecule is required, the increased expressionof the target gene is called induction.

Repressor proteins bind to the DNA strand and prevent RNA polymerasefrom being able to attach to the DNA and synthesize mRNA. Inducers bindto repressors, causing them to change shape and preventing them frombinding to DNA. Therefore, they allow transcription, and thus geneexpression, to take place.

For a gene to be expressed, its DNA sequence must be copied (in aprocess known as transcription) to make a smaller, mobile moleculecalled messenger RNA (mRNA), which carries the instructions for making aprotein to the site where the protein is manufactured (in a processknown as translation). Many different types of proteins can affect thelevel of gene expression by promoting or preventing transcription. Inprokaryotes (such as bacteria), these proteins often act on a portion ofDNA known as the operator at the beginning of the gene. The promoter iswhere RNA polymerase, the enzyme that copies the genetic sequence andsynthesizes the mRNA, attaches to the DNA strand.

Some genes are modulated by activators, which have the opposite effecton gene expression as repressors. Inducers can also bind to activatorproteins, allowing them to bind to the operator DNA where they promoteRNA transcription. Ligands that bind to deactivate activator proteinsare not, in the technical sense, classified as inducers, since they havethe effect of preventing transcription.

A “promoter” is generally understood as a nucleic acid control sequencethat directs transcription of a nucleic acid. An inducible promoter isgenerally understood as a promoter that mediates transcription of anoperably linked gene in response to a particular stimulus. A promotercan include necessary nucleic acid sequences near the start site oftranscription, such as, in the case of a polymerase II type promoter, aTATA element. A promoter can optionally include distal enhancer orrepressor elements, which can be located as much as several thousandbase pairs from the start site of transcription.

A “ribosome binding site”, or “ribosomal binding site (RBS)”, refers toa sequence of nucleotides upstream of the start codon of an mRNAtranscript that is responsible for the recruitment of a ribosome duringthe initiation of translation. Generally, RBS refers to bacterialsequences, although internal ribosome entry sites (IRES) have beendescribed in mRNAs of eukaryotic cells or viruses that infecteukaryotes. Ribosome recruitment in eukaryotes is generally mediated bythe 5′ cap present on eukaryotic mRNAs.

A “transcribable nucleic acid molecule” as used herein refers to anynucleic acid molecule capable of being transcribed into an RNA molecule.Methods are known for introducing constructs into a cell in such amanner that the transcribable nucleic acid molecule is transcribed intoa functional mRNA molecule that is translated and therefore expressed asa protein product. Constructs may also be constructed to be capable ofexpressing antisense RNA molecules, in order to inhibit translation of aspecific RNA molecule of interest. For the practice of the presentdisclosure, conventional compositions and methods for preparing andusing constructs and host cells are well known to one skilled in the art(see e.g., Sambrook and Russel (2006) Condensed Protocols from MolecularCloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,ISBN-10: 0879697717; Ausubel et al. (2002) Short Protocols in MolecularBiology, 5th ed., Current Protocols, ISBN-10: 0471250929; Sambrook andRussel (2001) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3d ed., ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN-10: 0879695773; Elhai, J. and Wolk,C. P. 1988. Methods in Enzymology 167, 747-754).

The “transcription start site” or “initiation site” is the positionsurrounding the first nucleotide that is part of the transcribedsequence, which is also defined as position +1. With respect to thissite all other sequences of the gene and its controlling regions can benumbered. Downstream sequences (i.e., further protein encoding sequencesin the 3′ direction) can be denominated positive, while upstreamsequences (mostly of the controlling regions in the 5′ direction) aredenominated negative.

“Operably-linked” or “functionally linked” refers preferably to theassociation of nucleic acid sequences on a single nucleic acid fragmentso that the function of one is affected by the other. For example, aregulatory DNA sequence is said to be “operably linked to” or“associated with” a DNA sequence that codes for an RNA or a polypeptideif the two sequences are situated such that the regulatory DNA sequenceaffects expression of the coding DNA sequence (i.e., that the codingsequence or functional RNA is under the transcriptional control of thepromoter). Coding sequences can be operably-linked to regulatorysequences in sense or antisense orientation. The two nucleic acidmolecules may be part of a single contiguous nucleic acid molecule andmay be adjacent. For example, a promoter is operably linked to a gene ofinterest if the promoter regulates or mediates transcription of the geneof interest in a cell.

A “construct” is generally understood as any recombinant nucleic acidmolecule such as a plasmid, cosmid, virus, autonomously replicatingnucleic acid molecule, phage, or linear or circular single-stranded ordouble-stranded DNA or RNA nucleic acid molecule, derived from anysource, capable of genomic integration or autonomous replication,comprising a nucleic acid molecule where one or more nucleic acidmolecule has been operably linked.

A construct of the present disclosure can contain a promoter operablylinked to a transcribable nucleic acid molecule operably linked to a 3′transcription termination nucleic acid molecule. In addition, constructscan include but are not limited to additional regulatory nucleic acidmolecules from, e.g., the 3′-untranslated region (3′ UTR). Constructscan include but are not limited to the 5′ untranslated regions (5′ UTR)of an mRNA nucleic acid molecule which can play an important role intranslation initiation and can also be a genetic component in anexpression construct. These additional upstream and downstreamregulatory nucleic acid molecules may be derived from a source that isnative or heterologous with respect to the other elements present on thepromoter construct.

The term “transformation” refers to the transfer of a nucleic acidfragment into the genome of a host cell, resulting in genetically stableinheritance. Host cells containing the transformed nucleic acidfragments are referred to as “transgenic” cells, and organismscomprising transgenic cells are referred to as “transgenic organisms”.

“Transformed,” “transgenic,” and “recombinant” refer to a host cell ororganism such as a bacterium, cyanobacterium, animal, or a plant intowhich a heterologous nucleic acid molecule has been introduced. Thenucleic acid molecule can be stably integrated into the genome asgenerally known in the art and disclosed (Sambrook 1989; Innis 1995;Gelfand 1995; Innis & Gelfand 1999). Known methods of PCR include, butare not limited to, methods using paired primers, nested primers, singlespecific primers, degenerate primers, gene-specific primers,vector-specific primers, partially mismatched primers, and the like. Theterm “untransformed” refers to normal cells that have not been throughthe transformation process.

“Wild-type” refers to a virus or organism found in nature without anyknown mutation. A “wild type” organism can be genetically engineered tomodulate native or non-native gene expression resulting in a transgenicor engineered organism.

Design, generation, and testing of the variant nucleotides, and theirencoded polypeptides, having the above-required percent identities andretaining a required activity of the expressed protein is within theskill of the art. For example, directed evolution and rapid isolation ofmutants can be according to methods described in references including,but not limited to, Link et al. (2007) Nature Reviews 5(9), 680-688;Sanger et al. (1991) Gene 97(1), 119-123; Ghadessy et al. (2001) ProcNatl Acad Sci USA 98(8) 4552-4557. Thus, one skilled in the art couldgenerate a large number of nucleotide and/or polypeptide variantshaving, for example, at least 95-99% identity to the reference sequencedescribed herein and screen such for desired phenotypes according tomethods routine in the art.

Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence identity percent (%) is understoodas the percentage of nucleotide or amino acid residues that areidentical with nucleotide or amino acid residues in a candidate sequencein comparison to a reference sequence when the two sequences arealigned. To determine percent identity, sequences are aligned and ifnecessary, gaps are introduced to achieve the maximum percent sequenceidentity. Sequence alignment procedures to determine percent identityare well known to those of skill in the art. Often publicly availablecomputer software such as BLAST, BLAST2, ALIGN2, or Megalign (DNASTAR)software is used to align sequences. Those skilled in the art candetermine appropriate parameters for measuring alignment, including anyalgorithms needed to achieve maximal alignment over the full-length ofthe sequences being compared. When sequences are aligned, the percentsequence identity of a given sequence A to, with, or against a givensequence B (which can alternatively be phrased as a given sequence Athat has or comprises a certain percent sequence identity to, with, oragainst a given sequence B) can be calculated as: percent sequenceidentity=XN100, where X is the number of residues scored as identicalmatches by the sequence alignment program's or algorithm's alignment ofA and B and Y is the total number of residues in B. If the length ofsequence A is not equal to the length of sequence B, the percentsequence identity of A to B will not equal the percent sequence identityof B to A. For example, the percent identity to a reference sequence(e.g., binding pocket, entire protein, or functional fragment thereof)can be at least 80% or about 80%, about 81%, about 82%, about 83%, about84%, about 85%, about 86%, about 87%, about 88%, about 89%, about 90%,about 91%, about 92%, about 93%, about 94%, about 95%, about 96%, about97%, about 98%, about 99%, or about 100%.

Substitution refers to the replacement of one amino acid with anotheramino acid in a protein or the replacement of one nucleotide withanother in DNA or RNA. Insertion refers to the insertion of one or moreamino acids in a protein or the insertion of one or more nucleotideswith another in DNA or RNA. Deletion refers to the deletion of one ormore amino acids in a protein or the deletion of one or more nucleotideswith another in DNA or RNA. Generally, substitutions, insertions, ordeletions can be made at any position so long as the required activityis retained.

So-called conservative exchanges can be carried out in which the aminoacid which is replaced has a similar property as the original aminoacid, for example, the exchange of Glu by Asp, Gln by Asn, Val by Ile,Leu by Ile, and Ser by Thr. For example, amino acids with similarproperties can be Aliphatic amino acids (e.g., Glycine, Alanine, Valine,Leucine, Isoleucine), hydroxyl or sulfur/selenium-containing amino acids(e.g., Serine, Cysteine, Selenocysteine, Threonine, Methionine); Cyclicamino acids (e.g., Proline); Aromatic amino acids (e.g., Phenylalanine,Tyrosine, Tryptophan); Basic amino acids (e.g., Histidine, Lysine,Arginine); or Acidic and their Amide (e.g., Aspartate, Glutamate,Asparagine, Glutamine). Deletion is the replacement of an amino acid bya direct bond. Positions for deletions include the termini of apolypeptide and linkages between individual protein domains. Insertionsare introductions of amino acids into the polypeptide chain, a directbond formally being replaced by one or more amino acids. An amino acidsequence can be modulated with the help of art-known computer simulationprograms that can produce a polypeptide with, for example, improvedactivity or altered regulation. On the basis of these artificiallygenerated polypeptide sequences, a corresponding nucleic acid moleculecoding for such a modulated polypeptide can be synthesized in-vitrousing the specific codon-usage of the desired host cell.

“Highly stringent hybridization conditions” are defined as hybridizationat 65° C. in a 6×SSC buffer (i.e., 0.9 M sodium chloride and 0.09 Msodium citrate). Given these conditions, a determination can be made asto whether a given set of sequences will hybridize by calculating themelting temperature (T_(m)) of a DNA duplex between the two sequences.If a particular duplex has a melting temperature lower than 65° C. inthe salt conditions of a 6×SSC, then the two sequences will nothybridize. On the other hand, if the melting temperature is above 65° C.in the same salt conditions, then the sequences will hybridize. Ingeneral, the melting temperature for any hybridized DNA:DNA sequence canbe determined using the following formula: T_(m)=81.5°C.+16.6(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.41(fraction G/C content)−0.63(%formamide)−(600/1). Furthermore, the T_(m) of a DNA:DNA hybrid isdecreased by 1-1.5° C. for every 1% decrease in nucleotide identity (seee.g., Sambrook and Russel, 2006).

Host cells can be transformed using a variety of standard techniquesknown to the art (see e.g., Sambrook and Russel (2006) CondensedProtocols from Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory Press, ISBN-10: 0879697717; Ausubel et al. (2002)Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 5th ed., Current Protocols,ISBN-10: 0471250929; Sambrook and Russel (2001) Molecular Cloning: ALaboratory Manual, 3d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN-10:0879695773; Elhai, J. and Wolk, C. P. 1988. Methods in Enzymology 167,747-754). Such techniques include, but are not limited to, viralinfection, calcium phosphate transfection, liposome-mediatedtransfection, microprojectile-mediated delivery, receptor-mediateduptake, cell fusion, electroporation, and the like. The transformedcells can be selected and propagated to provide recombinant host cellsthat comprise the expression vector stably integrated in the host cellgenome.

Conservative Substitutions I Side Chain Characteristic Amino AcidAliphatic Non-polar G A P I L V Polar-uncharged C S T M N QPolar-charged D E K R Aromatic H F W Y Other N Q D E

Conservative Substitutions II Side Chain Characteristic Amino AcidNon-polar (hydrophobic) A. Aliphatic: A L I V P B. Aromatic: F W C.Sulfur-containing: M D. Borderline: G Uncharged-polar A. Hydroxyl: S T YB. Amides: N Q C. Sulfhydryl: C D. Borderline: G Positively Charged(Basic): K R H Negatively Charged (Acidic): D E

Conservative Substitutions III Original Residue Exemplary SubstitutionAla (A) Val, Leu, Ile Arg (R) Lys, Gln, Asn Asn (N) Gln, His, Lys, ArgAsp (D) Glu Cys (C) Ser Gln (Q) Asn Glu (E) Asp His (H) Asn, Gln, Lys,Arg Ile (I) Leu, Val, Met, Ala, Phe, Leu (L) Ile, Val, Met, Ala, Phe Lys(K) Arg, Gln, Asn Met(M) Leu, Phe, Ile Phe (F) Leu, Val, Ile, Ala Pro(P) Gly Ser (S) Thr Thr (T) Ser Trp(W) Tyr, Phe Tyr (Y) Trp, Phe, Tur,Ser Val (V) Ile, Leu, Met, Phe, Ala

Exemplary nucleic acids that may be introduced to a host cell include,for example, DNA sequences or genes from another species, or even genesor sequences which originate with or are present in the same species,but are incorporated into recipient cells by genetic engineeringmethods. The term “exogenous” is also intended to refer to genes thatare not normally present in the cell being transformed, or perhapssimply not present in the form, structure, etc., as found in thetransforming DNA segment or gene, or genes which are normally presentand that one desires to express in a manner that differs from thenatural expression pattern, e.g., to over-express. Thus, the term“exogenous” gene or DNA is intended to refer to any gene or DNA segmentthat is introduced into a recipient cell, regardless of whether asimilar gene may already be present in such a cell. The type of DNAincluded in the exogenous DNA can include DNA that is already present inthe cell, DNA from another individual of the same type of organism, DNAfrom a different organism, or a DNA generated externally, such as a DNAsequence containing an antisense message of a gene, or a DNA sequenceencoding a synthetic or modified version of a gene.

Host strains developed according to the approaches described herein canbe evaluated by a number of means known in the art (see e.g., Studier(2005) Protein Expr Purif. 41(1), 207-234; Gellissen, ed. (2005)Production of Recombinant Proteins: Novel Microbial and EukaryoticExpression Systems, Wiley-VCH, ISBN-10: 3527310363; Baneyx (2004)Protein Expression Technologies, Taylor & Francis, ISBN-10: 0954523253).

Methods of down-regulation or silencing genes are known in the art. Forexample, expressed protein activity can be down-regulated or eliminatedusing antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), protein aptamers, nucleotideaptamers, and RNA interference (RNAi) (e.g., small interfering RNAs(siRNA), short hairpin RNA (shRNA), and micro RNAs (miRNA) (see e.g.,Rinaldi and Wood (2017) Nature Reviews Neurology 14, describing ASOtherapies; Fanning and Symonds (2006) Handb Exp Pharmacol. 173,289-303G, describing hammerhead ribozymes and small hairpin RNA; Helene,et al. (1992) Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 660, 27-36; Maher (1992) Bioassays14(12): 807-15, describing targeting deoxyribonucleotide sequences; Leeet al. (2006) Curr Opin Chem Biol. 10, 1-8, describing aptamers;Reynolds et al. (2004) Nature Biotechnology 22(3), 326-330, describingRNAi; Pushparaj and Melendez (2006) Clinical and ExperimentalPharmacology and Physiology 33(5-6), 504-510, describing RNAi; Dillon etal. (2005) Annual Review of Physiology 67, 147-173, describing RNAi;Dykxhoorn and Lieberman (2005) Annual Review of Medicine 56, 401-423,describing RNAi). RNAi molecules are commercially available from avariety of sources (e.g., Ambion, TX; Sigma Aldrich, MO; Invitrogen).Several siRNA molecule design programs using a variety of algorithms areknown to the art (see e.g., Cenix algorithm, Ambion; BLOCK-iT™ RNAiDesigner, Invitrogen; siRNA Whitehead Institute Design Tools,Bioinformatics & Research Computing). Traits influential in definingoptimal siRNA sequences include G/C content at the termini of thesiRNAs, Tm of specific internal domains of the siRNA, siRNA length,position of the target sequence within the CDS (coding region), andnucleotide content of the 3′ overhangs.

Genome Editing

As described herein, expression of various signals (e.g., mutants,proteins) can be modulated (e.g., reduced, eliminated, or enhanced)using genome editing. Processes for genome editing are well known; seee.g. Aldi 2018 Nature Communications 9 (1911). Except as otherwise notedherein, therefore, the process of the present disclosure can be carriedout in accordance with such processes.

For example, genome editing can comprise CRISPR/Cas9, CRISPR-Cpf1,TALEN, or ZNFs. Adequate blockage of various signals by genome editingcan result in engineered sensors for detection of aromatic compounds,for example.

As an example, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas) systems are a new class ofgenome-editing tools that target desired genomic sites in mammaliancells. Recently published type II CRISPR/Cas systems use Cas9 nucleasethat is targeted to a genomic site by complexing with a synthetic guideRNA that hybridizes to a 20-nucleotide DNA sequence and immediatelypreceding an NGG motif recognized by Cas9 (thus, a (N)₂₀NGG target DNAsequence). This results in a double-strand break three nucleotidesupstream of the NGG motif. The double strand break instigates eithernon-homologous end-joining, which is error-prone and conducive toframeshift mutations that knock out gene alleles, or homology-directedrepair, which can be exploited with the use of an exogenously introduceddouble-strand or single-strand DNA repair template to knock in orcorrect a mutation in the genome. Thus, genomic editing, for example,using CRISPR/Cas systems could be useful tools for targeting cells bythe removal or addition of various signals (e.g., to activate (e.g.,CRISPRa), upregulate, downregulate).

For example, the methods as described herein can comprise a method foraltering a target polynucleotide sequence in a cell comprisingcontacting the polynucleotide sequence with a clustered regularlyinterspaced short palindromic repeats-associated (Cas) protein.

Examples of engineering a probiotic, for example, can include insertinga functional gene with a viral vector.

Any vector known in the art can be used. For example, the vector can bea viral vector selected from retrovirus, lentivirus, herpes, adenovirus,adeno-associated virus (AAV), rabies, Ebola, lentivirus, or hybridsthereof.

Gene Editing Strategies

Viral Vectors Strategy Retroviruses Retroviruses are RNA virusestranscribing their single- stranded genome into a double-stranded DNAcopy, which can integrate into host chromosome Adenoviruses (Ad) Ad cantransfect a variety of quiescent and proliferating cell types fromvarious species and can mediate robust gene expression Adeno-associatedRecombinant AAV vectors contain no viral DNA and can Viruses (AAV) carry~4.7 kb of foreign transgenic material. They are replication defectiveand can replicate only while coinfecting with a helper virus plasmid DNApDNA has many desired characteristics as a gene (pDNA) therapy vector;there are no limits on the size or genetic constitution of DNA, it isrelatively inexpensive to supply, and unlike viruses, antibodies are notgenerated against DNA in normal individuals RNAi RNAi is a powerful toolfor gene specific silencing that could be useful as an enzyme reductiontherapy or means to promote read-through of a premature stop codon

Aromatic Compound-Associated Diseases, Disorders, or Conditions

The sensors, systems, and methods described herein can be used for thedetection or monitoring of aromatic compound-associated diseases,disorders, or conditions.

For example, elevated levels of structurally similar Phe and Tyr areassociated with the distinct disorders phenylketonuria and type 2tyrosinemia, respectively. As another example, extreme levels of PEAhave been associated with a variety of psychological disorders, thepresence of Tyra leads to catecholamine release and an increase in bloodpressure, and the presence of Trypta causes serotonin release and thestimulation of gastrointestinal motility. Additionally, the presence ofPEA, Tyra, and Trypta in food are indicators of microbial contamination,and eating foods with high levels of Tyra can lead to poisoning.Currently, there are no biosensors with high ligand specificity forthese chemicals.

Serotonin is a chemical that the body produces naturally. It's neededfor the nerve cells and brain to function. But too much serotonin cancause signs and symptoms that can range from mild (shivering ordiarrhea) to severe (muscle rigidity, fever, or seizures). Severeserotonin syndrome can cause death if not treated. Serotonin syndromecan be a result of too much serotonin in your body. It is usually causedby taking drugs or medications that affect serotonin levels. Stoppingthe drug(s) or medication(s) causing serotonin syndrome is the maintreatment.

Many of these metabolites, including DA, PEA, Tyra, and Trypta can befound in the intestines. As such, selective detection of such compoundsis needed.

Formulation

The agents and compositions described herein can be formulated by anyconventional manner using one or more pharmaceutically acceptablecarriers or excipients as described in, for example, Remington'sPharmaceutical Sciences (A. R. Gennaro, Ed.), 21st edition, ISBN:0781746736 (2005), incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.Such formulations will contain a therapeutically effective amount of abiologically active agent described herein, which can be in purifiedform, together with a suitable amount of carrier so as to provide theform for proper administration to the subject.

The term “formulation” refers to preparing a drug in a form suitable foradministration to a subject, such as a human. Thus, a “formulation” caninclude pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, including diluents orcarriers.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable” as used herein can describesubstances or components that do not cause unacceptable losses ofpharmacological activity or unacceptable adverse side effects. Examplesof pharmaceutically acceptable ingredients can be those havingmonographs in United States Pharmacopeia (USP 29) and National Formulary(NF 24), United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc, Rockville, Md.,2005 (“USP/NF”), or a more recent edition, and the components listed inthe continuously updated Inactive Ingredient Search online database ofthe FDA. Other useful components that are not described in the USP/NF,etc. may also be used.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable excipient,” as used herein, caninclude any and all solvents, dispersion media, coatings, antibacterialand antifungal agents, isotonic, or absorption delaying agents. The useof such media and agents for pharmaceutically active substances is wellknown in the art (see generally Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences(A.R. Gennaro, Ed.), 21st edition, ISBN: 0781746736 (2005)). Exceptinsofar as any conventional media or agent is incompatible with anactive ingredient, its use in the therapeutic compositions iscontemplated. Supplementary active ingredients can also be incorporatedinto the compositions.

A “stable” formulation or composition can refer to a composition havingsufficient stability to allow storage at a convenient temperature, suchas between about 0° C. and about 60° C., for a commercially reasonableperiod of time, such as at least about one day, at least about one week,at least about one month, at least about three months, at least aboutsix months, at least about one year, or at least about two years.

The formulation should suit the mode of administration. The agents ofuse with the current disclosure can be formulated by known methods foradministration to a subject using several routes which include, but arenot limited to, parenteral, pulmonary, oral, topical, intradermal,intratumoral, intranasal, inhalation (e.g., in an aerosol), implanted,intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intravenous, intrathecal, intracranial,intracerebroventricular, subcutaneous, intranasal, epidural,intrathecal, ophthalmic, transdermal, buccal, and rectal. The individualagents may also be administered in combination with one or moreadditional agents or together with other biologically active orbiologically inert agents. Such biologically active or inert agents maybe in fluid or mechanical communication with the agent(s) or attached tothe agent(s) by ionic, covalent, Van der Waals, hydrophobic,hydrophilic, or other physical forces.

Controlled-release (or sustained-release) preparations may be formulatedto extend the activity of the agent(s) and reduce dosage frequency.Controlled-release preparations can also be used to affect the time ofonset of action or other characteristics, such as blood levels of theagent, and consequently, affect the occurrence of side effects.Controlled-release preparations may be designed to initially release anamount of an agent(s) that produces the desired therapeutic effect, andgradually and continually release other amounts of the agent to maintainthe level of therapeutic effect over an extended period of time. Inorder to maintain a near-constant level of an agent in the body, theagent can be released from the dosage form at a rate that will replacethe amount of agent being metabolized or excreted from the body. Thecontrolled-release of an agent may be stimulated by various inducers,e.g., change in pH, change in temperature, enzymes, water, or otherphysiological conditions or molecules.

Agents or compositions described herein can also be used in combinationwith other therapeutic modalities, as described further below. Thus, inaddition to the therapies described herein, one may also provide to thesubject other therapies known to be efficacious for treatment of thedisease, disorder, or condition.

Administration

Agents and compositions described herein can be administered accordingto methods described herein in a variety of means known to the art. Theagents and composition can be used therapeutically either as exogenousmaterials or as endogenous materials. Exogenous agents are thoseproduced or manufactured outside of the body and administered to thebody. Endogenous agents are those produced or manufactured inside thebody by some type of device (biologic or other) for delivery within orto other organs in the body.

As discussed above, administration can be parenteral, pulmonary, oral,topical, intradermal, intratumoral, intranasal, inhalation (e.g., in anaerosol), implanted, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intravenous,intrathecal, intracranial, intracerebroventricular, subcutaneous,intranasal, epidural, intrathecal, ophthalmic, transdermal, buccal, andrectal.

Agents and compositions described herein can be administered in avariety of methods well known in the arts. Administration can include,for example, methods involving oral ingestion, direct injection (e.g.,systemic or stereotactic), implantation of cells engineered to secretethe factor of interest, drug-releasing biomaterials, polymer matrices,gels, permeable membranes, osmotic systems, multilayer coatings,microparticles, implantable matrix devices, mini-osmotic pumps,implantable pumps, injectable gels and hydrogels, liposomes, micelles(e.g., up to 30 μm), nanospheres (e.g., less than 1 μm), microspheres(e.g., 1-100 μm), reservoir devices, a combination of any of the above,or other suitable delivery vehicles to provide the desired releaseprofile in varying proportions. Other methods of controlled-releasedelivery of agents or compositions will be known to the skilled artisanand are within the scope of the present disclosure.

Delivery systems may include, for example, an infusion pump which may beused to administer the agent or composition in a manner similar to thatused for delivering insulin or chemotherapy to specific organs ortumors. Typically, using such a system, an agent or composition can beadministered in combination with a biodegradable, biocompatiblepolymeric implant that releases the agent over a controlled period oftime at a selected site. Examples of polymeric materials includepolyanhydrides, polyorthoesters, polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid,polyethylene vinyl acetate, and copolymers and combinations thereof. Inaddition, a controlled release system can be placed in proximity of atherapeutic target, thus requiring only a fraction of a systemic dosage.

Agents can be encapsulated and administered in a variety of carrierdelivery systems. Examples of carrier delivery systems includemicrospheres, hydrogels, polymeric implants, smart polymeric carriers,and liposomes (see generally, Uchegbu and Schatzlein, eds. (2006)Polymers in Drug Delivery, CRC, ISBN-10: 0849325331). Carrier-basedsystems for molecular or biomolecular agent delivery can: provide forintracellular delivery; tailor biomolecule/agent release rates; increasethe proportion of biomolecule that reaches its site of action; improvethe transport of the drug to its site of action; allow colocalizeddeposition with other agents or excipients; improve the stability of theagent in vivo; prolong the residence time of the agent at its site ofaction by reducing clearance; decrease the nonspecific delivery of theagent to nontarget tissues; decrease irritation caused by the agent;decrease toxicity due to high initial doses of the agent; alter theimmunogenicity of the agent; decrease dosage frequency; improve taste ofthe product; or improve shelf life of the product.

Kits

Also provided are kits. Such kits can include an agent or compositiondescribed herein and, in certain embodiments, instructions foradministration. Such kits can facilitate performance of the methodsdescribed herein. When supplied as a kit, the different components ofthe composition can be packaged in separate containers and admixedimmediately before use. Components include, but are not limited toengineered probiotics, engineered protein regulators, and components formaking and using same. Such packaging of the components separately can,if desired, be presented in a pack or dispenser device which may containone or more unit dosage forms containing the composition. The pack may,for example, comprise metal or plastic foil such as a blister pack. Suchpackaging of the components separately can also, in certain instances,permit long-term storage without losing activity of the components.

Kits may also include reagents in separate containers such as, forexample, sterile water or saline to be added to a lyophilized activecomponent packaged separately. For example, sealed glass ampules maycontain a lyophilized component and in a separate ampule, sterile water,sterile saline each of which has been packaged under a neutralnon-reacting gas, such as nitrogen. Ampules may consist of any suitablematerial, such as glass, organic polymers, such as polycarbonate,polystyrene, ceramic, metal, or any other material typically employed tohold reagents. Other examples of suitable containers include bottlesthat may be fabricated from similar substances as ampules and envelopesthat may consist of foil-lined interiors, such as aluminum or an alloy.Other containers include test tubes, vials, flasks, bottles, syringes,and the like. Containers may have a sterile access port, such as abottle having a stopper that can be pierced by a hypodermic injectionneedle. Other containers may have two compartments that are separated bya readily removable membrane that upon removal permits the components tomix. Removable membranes may be glass, plastic, rubber, and the like.

In certain embodiments, kits can be supplied with instructionalmaterials. Instructions may be printed on paper or another substrate,and/or may be supplied as an electronic-readable medium or video.Detailed instructions may not be physically associated with the kit;instead, a user may be directed to an Internet website specified by themanufacturer or distributor of the kit.

A control sample or a reference sample as described herein can be asample from a healthy subject or sample, a wild-type subject or sample,or from populations thereof. A reference value can be used in place of acontrol or reference sample, which was previously obtained from ahealthy subject, a group of healthy subjects, or a wild-type subject orsample. A control sample or a reference sample can also be a sample witha known amount of a detectable compound or a spiked sample.

Compositions and methods described herein utilizing molecular biologyprotocols can be according to a variety of standard techniques known tothe art (see e.g., Sambrook and Russel (2006) Condensed Protocols fromMolecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryPress, ISBN-10: 0879697717; Ausubel et al. (2002) Short Protocols inMolecular Biology, 5th ed., Current Protocols, ISBN-10: 0471250929;Sambrook and Russel (2001) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3ded., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN-10: 0879695773; Elhai, J.and Wolk, C. P. 1988. Methods in Enzymology 167, 747-754; Studier (2005)Protein Expr Purif. 41(1), 207-234; Gellissen, ed. (2005) Production ofRecombinant Proteins: Novel Microbial and Eukaryotic Expression Systems,Wiley-VCH, ISBN-10: 3527310363; Baneyx (2004) Protein ExpressionTechnologies, Taylor & Francis, ISBN-10: 0954523253).

Definitions and methods described herein are provided to better definethe present disclosure and to guide those of ordinary skill in the artin the practice of the present disclosure. Unless otherwise noted, termsare to be understood according to conventional usage by those ofordinary skill in the relevant art.

In some embodiments, numbers expressing quantities of ingredients,properties such as molecular weight, reaction conditions, and so forth,used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the present disclosureare to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term“about.” In some embodiments, the term “about” is used to indicate thata value includes the standard deviation of the mean for the device ormethod being employed to determine the value. In some embodiments, thenumerical parameters set forth in the written description and attachedclaims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desiredproperties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In someembodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light ofthe number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinaryrounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges andparameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of thepresent disclosure are approximations, the numerical values set forth inthe specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable. Thenumerical values presented in some embodiments of the present disclosuremay contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standarddeviation found in their respective testing measurements. The recitationof ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthandmethod of referring individually to each separate value falling withinthe range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value isincorporated into the specification as if it were individually recitedherein. The recitation of discrete values is understood to includeranges between each value.

In some embodiments, the terms “a” and “an” and “the” and similarreferences used in the context of describing a particular embodiment(especially in the context of certain of the following claims) can beconstrued to cover both the singular and the plural, unless specificallynoted otherwise. In some embodiments, the term “or” as used herein,including the claims, is used to mean “and/or” unless explicitlyindicated to refer to alternatives only or the alternatives are mutuallyexclusive.

The terms “comprise,” “have” and “include” are open-ended linking verbs.Any forms or tenses of one or more of these verbs, such as “comprises,”“comprising,” “has,” “having,” “includes” and “including,” are alsoopen-ended. For example, any method that “comprises,” “has” or“includes” one or more steps is not limited to possessing only those oneor more steps and can also cover other unlisted steps. Similarly, anycomposition or device that “comprises,” “has” or “includes” one or morefeatures is not limited to possessing only those one or more featuresand can cover other unlisted features.

All methods described herein can be performed in any suitable orderunless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted bycontext. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g.,“such as”) provided with respect to certain embodiments herein isintended merely to better illuminate the present disclosure and does notpose a limitation on the scope of the present disclosure otherwiseclaimed. No language in the specification should be construed asindicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of thepresent disclosure.

Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the presentdisclosure disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Eachgroup member can be referred to and claimed individually or in anycombination with other members of the group or other elements foundherein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deletedfrom, a group for reasons of convenience or patentability. When any suchinclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed tocontain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description ofall Markush groups used in the appended claims.

All publications, patents, patent applications, and other referencescited in this application are incorporated herein by reference in theirentirety for all purposes to the same extent as if each individualpublication, patent, patent application, or other reference wasspecifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by referencein its entirety for all purposes. Citation of a reference herein shallnot be construed as an admission that such is prior art to the presentdisclosure.

Having described the present disclosure in detail, it will be apparentthat modifications, variations, and equivalent embodiments are possiblewithout departing the scope of the present disclosure defined in theappended claims. Furthermore, it should be appreciated that all examplesin the present disclosure are provided as non-limiting examples.

EXAMPLES

The following non-limiting examples are provided to further illustratethe present disclosure. It should be appreciated by those of skill inthe art that the techniques disclosed in the examples that followrepresent approaches the inventors have found function well in thepractice of the present disclosure, and thus can be considered toconstitute examples of modes for its practice. However, those of skillin the art should, in light of the present disclosure, appreciate thatmany changes can be made in the specific embodiments that are disclosedand still obtain a like or similar result without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure.

Example 1: Engineering Ligand-Specific Biosensors for Aromatic AminoAcids and Neurochemicals

This work represents a considerable achievement and includes the firstligand-specific or ligand-selective sensors for aromatic amino acidssuch as phenylalanine (Phe) and tyrosine (Tyr) as well as neurochemicalssuch as phenylethylamine (PEA) and tyramine (Tyra), which arestructurally similar and have been implicated in a variety of medicalconditions. Importantly, it lays the groundwork for developing medicallyrelevant probiotic sensors with high specificity, which is critical todifferentiate metabolites with divergent functions and create smartprobiotics for accurate diagnostic tools.

Microbes have evolved diverse sensor systems that detect metabolites ofgreat medical importance. These sensors have the potential to beutilized in probiotic microbes to provide diagnostic information anddeliver therapeutics with temporal and geographical precision. However,microbial sensors found in nature often have promiscuity to severalstructurally similar aromatic amino acids, common neurotransmitters, orother neuromodulators, limiting their practical applications. Althoughsimilar, these metabolites have significantly different functions. Forexample, chronically elevated levels of structurally similar Phe and Tyrare associated with the distinct disorders phenylketonuria and type 2tyrosinemia, respectively. Extreme PEA levels have been associated witha variety of psychological disorders, while the presence of Tyra leadsto catecholamine release and an increase in blood pressure. Due to suchdifferences in associated diseases and functions, specific sensing iscritical for probiotic sensor applications. Despite advances in proteinengineering for specific ligand-protein interactions, engineeringligand-specific sense-and-respond systems remain challenging, especiallywhen the target ligands are structurally similar and when ligand-proteinbinding should control downstream functions such as gene expression.This is mainly due to the challenge in coupling subtle proteinconformational changes caused by binding of similar ligands withdifferential DNA interactions.

In this work, two promiscuous sensors are characterized that recognizearomatic metabolites associated with various metabolic and neurologicaldisorders. Common methods of protein engineering require extensivestructural knowledge of the proteins or massive library sizes. Incontrast, to improve ligand selectivity, the responsible proteins,including TyrR, TynA, and FeaR, were rationally engineered byidentifying and individually mutagenizing specific amino acids in andaround the ligand-binding sites of these sensors. From these three casestudies, this simple and generalizable method of protein engineering isshown to be effective and time-efficient, require small library sizeswith only a basic understanding of the protein structure, and enableschanges in ligand-protein binding specificity while maintainingprotein-DNA interaction and thus downstream gene expression control.

Protein engineering for ligand-protein interaction has been extensivelyperformed. However, linking ligand-protein binding to output responseremains challenging. Current approaches include designing proteins thatfluoresce upon ligand binding or employing ligand-binding transcriptionfactors (TFs). While the former can be used to create sensors, thelatter can generate sensors or signal-responsive controllers for geneexpression. Because this TF-based system requires the maintenance orengineering of DNA-protein interaction in addition to engineeringligand-protein binding, engineering the TF-based system has beenchallenging, especially when the target ligands are structurallysimilar. To address this issue, demonstrated herein is an approach tochange ligand-TF binding specificity by leveraging differentialmultimerization patterns of TyrR without affecting DNA-TF bindinginteraction (see e.g., FIG. 1A-FIG. 1C and FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G), and a“dual-control knob” strategy to improve the specificity and sensitivityof substrate-enzyme and ligand-TF interactions while maintaining DNA-TFbinding interactions (see e.g., FIG. 3A-FIG. 3D, FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D, seee.g., FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D, and FIG. 6A-FIG. 6E).

The ligand binding site for TynA comprises at least a functional portionof SEQ ID NO: 32, having catalytic residues D413 and Y496. The ligandbinding site for FeaR comprises at least a functional portion of SEQ IDNO: 36, wherein the ligand binding region is from W12 to S118 cover bythe magenta region in FIG. 20. A81, M83, L108, W110 are putative bindingresidues tested and Q76, Q116 are two other predicted binding residues(FIG. 5A & FIG. 20).

In addition, the computational and experimental analyses of FeaR providenovel insights into the otherwise uncharacterized structure of FeaR. Thelocation of the FeaR ligand-binding pocket and potentially criticalresidues in ligand binding are identified herein for the first time.This approach allows for the generation of a highly efficient, specific,and sensitive sensor for PEA. In addition, residues that can bemutagenized in future work to generate novel ligand-selective sensorsfor several additional aromatic neurotransmitters and neuromodulatorsare also identified herein.

The novel ligand-selective sensors generated in this work will havediverse applications in synthetic biology. They can be applied toengineer autonomous microbes that dynamically identify microbialcontamination in consumable products, manage various debilitatingneurological disorders, and normalize dysregulated metabolitesassociated with metabolic disorders. In addition, the proteinengineering methods demonstrated here can be widely applied to developenzymes and sensors with applications in bioenergy, commodity chemicals,bioremediation, and healthcare.

Summary

Microbial biosensors have diverse applications in metabolic engineeringand medicine. Specific and accurate quantification of chemicalconcentrations allows for adaptive regulation of enzymatic pathways andtemporally precise expression of diagnostic reporters. Althoughbiosensors should differentiate structurally similar ligands withdistinct biological functions, such specific sensors are rarely found innature and are challenging to create. Using E. coli Nissle 1917,generally regarded as a safe microbe, two biosensor systems thatpromiscuously recognize aromatic amino acids or neurochemicals werecharacterized. To improve the sensors' selectivity and sensitivity,rational protein engineering was applied by identifying and mutagenizingamino acid residues and the ligand-specific biosensors forphenylalanine, tyrosine, phenylethylamine, and tyramine weresuccessfully demonstrated (see e.g., FIG. 7). Additionally, the approachrevealed insights into the uncharacterized structure of the FeaRregulator, including critical residues in ligand binding. These resultslay the groundwork for developing kinetically adaptive microbes fordiverse applications.

Introduction

Microbial biosensors can be utilized to kinetically regulate andquantify the products of metabolic pathways, diagnose diseases in vivoin probiotics, and analyze ex vivo samples through wearable,paper-based, and cell-free systems. Synthetic biological sensors can becreated using several protein design approaches. However, sensors canalso be obtained more efficiently by mining sensors that naturally existin microbes. These sensors can often be directly transferred intoprobiotic organisms or purified for cell-free sensor applications.However, most natural sensors recognize multiple structurally similar,but functionally diverse, metabolites often found in close proximity. Toaccurately correlate the concentration of a chemical with biologicaloutcomes, sensors need to differentiate between different chemicals andrecognize the relevant chemical with the precise sensitivity.

Specific sensing is critical for many microbial sensor applications. Avariety of protein engineering methods have been demonstrated foroptimizing the selectivity and sensitivity of protein and RNA sensors.These approaches include directed evolution and rational design, andcomputational de novo design. Although each method has advantages,rational engineering can uniquely be performed using both basicknowledge of the protein structure and small library sizes, allowing forrapid construction and screening of libraries. In addition, when thestructure of the protein is unknown, conserved or essential residues canalso be identified through computational simulations or by aligning thesequence of the sensor with other proteins in the same family. Despiteadvances in protein engineering, creating ligand-specificsense-and-respond systems remains challenging due to the need to couplesubtle protein conformational changes with differential protein-DNAinteractions and gene expression control, especially when the targetligands are structurally similar.

The aromatic amino acids phenylalanine (Phe) and tyrosine (Tyr) arecommon microbial metabolic engineering products and precursors derivedfrom the same pathway. In addition, chronically elevated levels ofstructurally similar Phe and Tyr are associated with the distinctdisorders phenylketonuria and type 2 tyrosinemia, respectively (seee.g., TABLE 1).

TABLE 1 Concentrations of phenylalanine, tyrosine, phenylethylamine, andtyramine from different sources. Chemical Source Concentration (mM)Phenylalanine Ileum, healthy 0.30 Plasma, healthy 0.06 Plasma,phenylketonuria 1.1 Serum, healthy 0.06-0.07 Urine, healthy 0.06Tyrosine Ileum, healthy 0.26 Plasma, healthy 0.07 Plasma, tyrosinemia1.3 Serum, healthy 0.06-0.08 Urine, healthy 0.04 PhenylethylamineSauerkraut, safe limit 0.03 Plasma, healthy 0.04 Plasma, schizophrenics0.10 Tyramine Sauerkraut, safe limit 0.12 Plasma, healthy 0.0007 Plasma,elevated blood pressure >0.001

Sensors for both metabolites have been generated in different E. colistrains. However, the sensors are based on the wild-type version of themulti-ligand responsive TyrR transcription factor (TF) from E. coli andhave limited selectivity and low dynamic ranges. Similarly, thestructurally similar amines phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), andtryptamine (Trypta) are all commonly found in food and in the gut butcontribute to distinct biological outcomes (see e.g., TABLE 1). Forexample, extreme levels of PEA have been associated with a variety ofpsychological disorders, the presence of Tyra leads to catecholaminerelease and an increase in blood pressure, and the presence of Tryptacauses serotonin release and the stimulation of gastrointestinalmotility. Additionally, the presence of PEA, Tyra, and Trypta in foodare indicators of microbial contamination, and eating foods with highlevels of Tyra can lead to poisoning. Currently, there are no biosensorswith high ligand specificity for these chemicals.

Described herein is the generation of sensors for the aromaticmetabolites Phe, Tyr, PEA, and Trypta using Escherichia coli Nissle 1917(EcN) as a host. To generate sensors for these aromatic metabolites, twosensor systems were identified and engineered: the TyrR (Phe and Tyr)sensor and the TynA-FeaR (aromatic amine) sensor system. The ligandselectivity of the TyrR and TynA-FeaR sensor systems was engineered andtheir sensitivity was tuned by rationally selecting and individuallymutating amino acids in TyrR, TynA, and FeaR. This method of rationalprotein engineering quickly generates multiple small libraries that canbe efficiently screened, making it an attractive approach forspecificity engineering. Altogether, the sensors specific for Phe, Tyr,PEA, or Tyra were generated. In engineering FeaR, insights were providedinto the uncharacterized structure of FeaR and residues important forligand binding were identified. Herein are provided sensors with diverseapplications in microbial biosensing as well as a generalizable approachto modulating the specificity of ligand-protein binding whilemaintaining protein-DNA interactions and thus downstream gene expressioncontrol.

Results

Developing Specific Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Sensors

Phe and Tyr are structurally similar metabolites utilized throughout thebody for many processes as additives in food and animal feed and asprecursors for many chemicals and pharmaceuticals (see e.g., FIG. 1A).Notably, two distinct disorders (phenylketonuria and tyrosinemia) causea buildup of dietary Phe or Tyr, necessitating sensors that candifferentiate between the two amino acids. Microbial TyrR regulates itstarget promoters in both a Phe- and Tyr-dependent manner (see e.g., FIG.1B and FIG. 8A). In the absence of either amino acid, TyrR formshomodimers that bind to high-affinity recognition sites, or strongboxes. When bound to Phe, the dimers interact with RNA polymerase toinfluence transcription initiation. When bound to Tyr, TyrR formshomohexamers that bind to both the strong box and the adjacentlow-affinity weak box and interact with RNA polymerase. When the bindingsites are located upstream of the −35 site of the promoter, theseinteractions increase expression of the downstream gene. When thebinding sites are overlapping or downstream of the −35 site, TyrRinstead represses expression. Given the complexity of DNA-TyrR bindingand ligand-TyrR binding modes, a stepwise approach was used to developligand-specific sensors with the hypothesis that targeted engineering ofTyrR would enable its differential ligand binding without affectingDNA-binding interactions.

First, six E. coli-native promoters were characterized using genomicexpression or plasmid-based overexpression of TyrR to identify the bestpromoter in EcN (see e.g, FIG. 8B and FIG. 8C). PtyrP was selected asthe sensor as it displayed an activating response to Phe and arepressing response to Tyr, allowing for clear differentiation betweenthe presence of each amino acid, especially with overexpression of TyrR(see e.g., FIG. 1B and FIG. 10). The PtyrP promoter has a strong boxupstream of the −35 site and a weak box overlapping the −35 site,allowing TyrR to induce expression in the presence of Phe and repressexpression in the presence of Tyr. In addition, PtyrP showed the highestfold induction in the presence of Phe (4-fold) compared with all testedpromoters and strong repression in the presence of Tyr (59-fold).Notably, high expression levels of TyrR are required for Tyr-dependentrepression of PtyrP, as shown by the lack of repression when onlycontrolled by genomic TyrR expression (see e.g., FIG. 8B). This lack ofresponse gives PtyrP a false appearance of Phe-specificity when pairedwith low TyrR expression levels. However, TyrR regulated the promoter ina Tyr-dominant manner. In the presence of Tyr and overexpression ofTyrR, TyrR repressed PtyrP independent of the presence of Phe (see e.g.,FIG. 10).

The E274Q TyrR mutation was previously shown to prevent TyrR fromforming hexamers, which occurs when TyrR is bound to Tyr. Sincehexamerization is required for Tyr-mediated repression of PtyrP, thismutation should render TyrR nonresponsive to Tyr but maintainPhe-dependent induction. When the mutation was inserted into theplasmid-expressed TyrR, Tyr-dependent repression of PtyrP was mitigatedand the Tyr-dominating response of the TF was eliminated (see e.g., FIG.2A). In addition, the mutant had an improved fold induction in responseto Phe (16-fold). This is the highest dynamic range demonstrated by aPhe sensor to date.

Next, the Phe-sensitivity of the E274Q mutant was tuned to createsensors that better align with variable physiological concentrations andimprove the utility of the sensors for therapeutic and diagnosticapplications. Eight amino acid positions with known roles inTyrR-mediated promoter induction were selected (see e.g., FIG. 2B). Eachamino acid has been shown to be important, but potentiallynon-essential, for Phe binding. When the transfer curve of the parentE274Q sensor was obtained, half-maximal induction was observed at 0.04mM Phe (see e.g., FIG. 2C and FIG. 2D), lower than the Pheconcentrations in human intestines, serum, and urine (see e.g., TABLE 1,0.05-0.3 mM). Thus, saturation mutagenesis was performed on each aminoacid individually and the small, targeted libraries were screened for areduced sensitivity to Phe (see e.g., FIG. 9). Three variants displayedreproducibly lower sensitivities: E274Q+T14V, E274Q+D103H, andE274Q+D103S with K_(A) values of 0.08, 0.11, and 0.13 mM, respectively(see e.g., FIG. 2C and FIG. 10A-FIG. 10D). The E274Q+T14V andE274Q+D103S variants were selected for further characterization as theydisplayed the widest range of sensitivities and maintained the highestfold-inductions. Both mutants displayed consistent sensitivities to Phein the presence and absence of Tyr and had no apparent response to Tyralone (see e.g., FIG. 2E and FIG. 2F). When both mutations were combinedin E274Q TyrR, the response to Phe was eliminated. These Phe-specificsensors have the potential to be applied to kinetically diagnose andtreat disorders that cause Phe-dysregulation without interference fromintestinal Tyr.

TyrR was also engineered for Tyr specificity. Because TyrR binds to Pheand Tyr using two separate binding pockets, the libraries designed toidentify less sensitive Phe sensors were used to identify variantscompletely devoid of Phe-activity, while maintaining Tyr activity (seee.g., FIG. 11). The most selective mutant, R10F, demonstrated 15-foldrepression in the presence of Tyr independent of the presence of Phe(see e.g., FIG. 2A). The positively charged R10 residue is positionednear the region where the ligand's carboxyl group could stabilize Phebinding. However, conversion to a hydrophobic F10 may instead preventthis stabilization. In addition, no significant response to Phe alonewas observed. When the transfer curve of the mutant was characterized,K_(A) of 0.05 mM in response to Tyr was identified (see e.g., FIG. 2G).In addition, it was demonstrated that rational saturation mutagenesiscan effectively generate functionally diverse, specific sensors from onepromiscuous TF. As expected for all chemical sensors, one caveat ofthese Phe- and Tyr-specific sensors is that they cannot differentiateelevated concentrations of the two ligands in rich medium, which hassaturating concentrations of the two amino acids (see e.g., FIG. 12).

Engineering Ligand-Specific Aromatic Amine Sensors

The body harbors a variety of aromatic amines with diverse neurologicalfunctions. Many of these metabolites, including dopamine (DA), PEA,Tyra, and Trypta, can be found in the intestines. Many commensalmicrobes can convert these amines into aldehydes through monoamineoxidases (see e.g., FIG. 3A). These aldehydes can be further catabolizedto carboxylic acids by aldehyde dehydrogenases. In some E. coli strains,expression of the monoamine oxidase TynA and aldehyde dehydrogenase FeaBare regulated by the AraC-type FeaR TF, which was shown to induceexpression of TynA and FeaB in the presence of multiple aldehydes formedfrom the corresponding amines. This tynA-feaB-feaR gene cluster wasfound to be present in select commensal E. coli strains, but not in EcN(see e.g., FIG. 13). This promiscuous sensing system provides anopportunity to sense a variety of important aromatic amines usingengineered microbes. However, since each amine has a different function,it is essential that the microbe can differentiate the metabolites.

To develop sensors for aromatic amines, the TynA-FeaR system was firstcharacterized in EcN. A sensor plasmid was constructed, which consistedof constitutively expressed TynA and FeaR from E. coli MG1655, and areporter plasmid, which consisted of GFP under the control of PtynA (seee.g., FIG. 3B). Next, it was confirmed that the system inducesexpression of PtynA in response to aromatic aldehydes, not amines (seee.g., FIG. 3C). In the presence of TynA, the addition of 0.5 mM DAresulted in a 410-fold increase in GFP expression. In contrast, theinduction was eliminated when TynA was inactivated. Next, thesensitivity and selectivity to different ligands was characterized. Thesystem displayed the strongest response to the addition of PEA or Tyra,inducing expression of the reporter by more than 1,500-fold with theaddition of 1.25 mM of each amine (see e.g., FIG. 3D and FIG. 14). Theaddition of DA resulted in the next highest response, with approximately900-fold induction. Trypta had the weakest response, inducing expressionby approximately 280-fold. The system showed a similar sensitivity toeach ligand, with half-maximal induction occurring at 0.07-0.09 mM (seee.g., TABLE 2).

TABLE 2 Fitted Hill equation parameters for the specified figures. K_(A)FIG. Strain Plasmid(s) Ligand F_(max) F_(min) n (mM) RMSE  1C sAGR039pAGR010 Phenylalanine 10500 2900 5.5 0.073 20.9  1C sAGR039 pAGR010Tyrosine 2470 38.1 1.9 0.026 8.5  1C sAGR039 pAGR010 Phenylalanine 2640255 1.5 0.032 10.7 and tyrosine 2C, 2D sAGR039 pAGR102 Phenylalanine12800 982 2 0.042 690  2D sAGR039 pAGR102 Phenylalanine 12700 1060 2.10.055 442 and tyrosine 2C, 2E sAGR039 pAGR157 Phenylalanine 7560 814 1.40.083 273  2E sAGR039 pAGR157 Phenylalanine 7670 1030 2.1 0.084 178 andtyrosine 2C, 2F sAGR039 pAGR159 Phenylalanine 10700 1310 0.7 0.128 338 2F sAGR039 pAGR159 Phenylalanine 9710 1510 0.8 0.155 212 and tyrosine 2G sAGR039 pAGR473 Tyrosine 3210 279 2.3 0.047 7.7  2G sAGR039 pAGR473Phenylalanine 3110 3.9 2 0.034 10.2 and Tyrosine  3D sAGR039 pCX008,Dopamine 881 0.1 3 0.068 5.2 pHJY022 3D, S15a sAGR039 pCX008,Phenylethylamine 1430 0 3.9 0.087 5.9 pHJY022  3D sAGR039 pCX008,Tyramine 1470 4.4 5 0.077 9.3 pHJY022  3D sAGR039 pCX008, Tryptamine 2681.3 4.3 0.085 9.9 pHJY022 4C, 22B sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 7905.4 1.4 1.8 5.2 pCX014  4D sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 84 0 0.60.012 8.7 pCX015  4D sAGR039 pCX008, Tyramine 226 0 0.9 0.023 25.4pCX015  5C sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 585 4.8 2.7 0.137 4 pCX024 6D sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 1004 5.8 2.1 0.012 32.3 pCX068  6EsAGR039 pCX008, Tyramine 158 1.5 12 0.012 21.7 pCX073 10A sAGR039pAGR160 Phenylalanine 10800 1120 2.5 0.046 790 10B sAGR039 pAGR155Phenylalanine 12900 5570 2.2 0.045 1090 10C sAGR039 pAGR156Phenylalanine 12400 1430 2.4 0.037 680 10D sAGR039 pAGR158 Phenylalanine11800 2150 1 0.11 397 14 sAGR039 pCX008, Dopamine 258 4.4 1.5 0.028 5.2pHJY022 14 sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 315 10.4 2 0.042 5.9 pHJY02214 sAGR039 pCX008, Tyramine 311 10.6 1.6 0.037 9.3 pHJY022 14 sAGR039pCX008, Tryptamine 57 5.9 3.1 0.045 9.9 pHJY022 17A sAGR039 pCX008,Phenylethylamine 9280 1.1 1.2 33 3.2 pCX014 17B sAGR039 pCX008,Phenylethylamine 118 0 0.4 1.64 8.6 pCX015 17B sAGR039 pCX008, Tyramine152 0 0.8 0.041 16.7 pCX015 18A sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 18 0.836 0.727 0.8 pCX010 18B, 22B sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 4012 3.41.3 43 3.9 pCX010 22A sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 1010 18 4.3 0.0462.8 pCX016 23A sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 462 3.4 1.2 3.33 5.1pCX032 25B, 22B sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 475 5.9 1.5 1.34 9.1pCX032 24 sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 289 5.1 2.6 0.074 5.8 pCX02425A sAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 14 0.4 8.4 0.014 1 pCX025 25BsAGR039 pCX008, Phenylethylamine 112 1.1 20.3 0.052 4.3 pCX025 28AsAGR039 pCX008, Tyramine 55 0.4 8.4 0.011 13.7 pCX083 28B sAGR039pCX008, Tyramine 78 1.8 1.6 0.008 13.9 pCX099 28C sAGR039 pCX008,Tyramine 127 1.5 9.8 0.027 19.7 pCX116 28D sAGR039 pCX008, Tyramine 1480.9 9.7 0.011 13.6 pCX117

Due to their superior induction and roles in numerous processes, PEA andTyra were selected as targets for engineering selectivity in theTynA-FeaR system. This system presents an interesting opportunity tooptimize ligand selectivity using two different knobs of control. EitherTynA or FeaR can be engineered for selectivity. However, the proteinstructure and mode of ligand binding of FeaR have not been elucidated.In contrast, the structure of TynA has been characterized. Thus,improving the amine selectivity of TynA was focused on first. Severalresidues in TynA have been identified as catalytically essential,including D413 and Y496 (see e.g., FIG. 4A and FIG. 15). To optimize theselectivity of TynA to PEA and Tyra without fully eliminating enzymaticactivity, the amino acids adjacent to these two essential residues wereindividually mutated, including positions 411-412, 414-416, 493-495, and497-498.

To quickly screen variants from the libraries for a response to eachligand, a growth-based assay was developed by incorporating thecarbenicillin resistance gene, bla, and the sucrose counterselectiongene, sacB, onto the reporter plasmid under the control of PtynA (seee.g., FIG. 16). When the constitutively expressed TynA produces analdehyde, both Bla and SacB are expressed. To isolate variants withimproved selectivity to a specific amine, rounds of positive selection(with the amine of interest and carbenicillin) and negative selection(with all other amines and sucrose) can be performed. In positiveselection, cells that fail to respond to the amine of interest will bekilled by carbenicillin. In negative selection, cells that remainpromiscuous and respond to one of the undesired amines will be killed bysucrose. After multiple rounds of these dual selections, the activitiesof variants were validated by fluorescence measurements.

Two PEA-specific variants were successfully identified (see e.g., FIG.4B). Both variants possessed a G494S mutation in TynA. However, onevariant displayed a stronger fluorescence output in response to PEA.Upon further investigation, an A81T mutation in the FeaR protein of thestronger sensor was identified. Under the pressure of carbenicillin inthe dual-selection system, a cell bearing the weak PEA-specific G494STynA mutant additionally acquired the A81T FeaR mutation to improve b/aexpression and cell survival. This double mutant sensor (G494S*)displayed 140-fold induction in response to PEA with an insignificantresponse to other tested amines (see e.g., FIG. 4C and FIG. 17A), whilethe single mutant sensor (G494S) displayed 50-fold induction by PEA (seee.g., FIG. 18A-FIG. 18B).

Two variants with improved selectivity to Tyra were also identified (seee.g., FIG. 19A-FIG. 19B). The best sensor, G415H, induced expression ofthe reporter by 200-fold and 79-fold in response to Tyra and PEA,respectively, with minimal response to DA and Trypta (see e.g., FIG. 4B,FIG. 4D, and FIG. 17B). The G494S and G494S* variants are thePEA-specific biosensors and the G415H variant is the Tyra-selectivebiosensor. In addition, this work further demonstrates how the ligandspecificity of a protein can be quickly and effectively optimizedthrough targeted mutagenesis of catalytically adjacent residues.

Characterization and Engineering of FeaR

Intrigued by the appearance of the A81T FeaR mutation in the G494S*sensor, next the importance of the 81st residue for ligand binding wasexplored. A protein motif search indicated that the position 12-185 ofFeaR is a ligand-binding domain of the AraC-like TF, and the position218-298 is its DNA-binding domain with a helix-turn-helix motif atpositions 258-298. Since no experimentally derived structures of FeaRare known to exist, computational simulations were applied based oncomparative modeling to predict the structure. The algorithm utilizedthe moderate homology of FeaR to CuxR, another AraC-like TF with apreviously solved structure, to comparatively predict the structure ofFeaR. Visualization of the predicted structure revealed that A81 is partof a solvent-accessible beta-barrel, and the alanine side chain isoriented toward the interior of the barrel (see e.g., FIG. 20). Based onthis information, it was hypothesized that the beta-barrel is likely thearomatic aldehyde ligand-binding site. In agreement with this theory,the ligand docking simulations using wild-type FeaR found thebeta-barrel to be the most thermodynamically favorable ligand-bindingsite within the protein, with A81 oriented in close proximity to thebound ligand (see e.g., FIG. 5A).

To further elucidate the role of the A81T mutation in ligandselectivity, the A81T mutation was inserted into the FeaR-TynA sensorplasmid with wild-type TynA. The mutation had an insignificant impact onthe maximum response of the sensor to PEA and Tyra but significantlyreduced the responses to DA and Trypta (see e.g., FIG. 21). However,when the same mutation was inserted into the sensor plasmids with theTyra-selective S414M and G415H TynA variants, both sensors becamePEA-selective (see e.g., FIG. 21). The fluorescence output of eachvariant in response to PEA was also improved by the A81T mutation. Theimproved PEA-dependent output and PEA selectivity created by the A81Tmutation may be a result of an altered sensitivity profile, where A81TFeaR is more sensitive to PEA-aldehyde and less sensitive to theremaining aldehydes. While the S414M and G415H TynA mutations weaken thecatalytic activity of the enzyme, unequally reducing the amount of eachaldehyde produced (as shown by the lower fluorescence output of the twovariants relative to wild-type TynA; see e.g., FIG. 19A-FIG. 19B), theA81T FeaR mutation may improve the sensitivity, and thereby selectivity,of FeaR to PEA-aldehyde. However, the high catalytic activity ofwild-type TynA toward Tyra may be sufficient to overcome the elevatedbarrier of activation required by A81T FeaR to induce Tyra-dependentexpression. Indeed, the A81T FeaR mutant demonstrated a lower K_(A)value than wild-type FeaR when paired with both wild-type and G494S TynA(see e.g., FIG. 22A-FIG. 22B). The A81S FeaR mutant paired with G494STynA showed a very similar transfer function to that of A81T FeaR/G494STynA, possibly due to the structural similarity of the side chains (seee.g., FIG. 22A-FIG. 22B and FIG. 23A-FIG. 23B).

Noting the PEA selectivity given by the A81T mutation and the smallestsize of the PEA-aldehyde (no OH group), followed by that of Tyra—(1 OH),DA—(2 OHs), and Trypta—(additional 5-membered ring) aldehyde (see e.g.,FIG. 3A), it was hypothesized that small residues, including alanine asin wild-type FeaR, would cause ligand promiscuity, with ligandsize-dependent response as shown in FIG. 3D. Slightly larger residuessuch as threonine would have improved selectivity toward the smallestPEA-aldehyde, but much larger or charged residues may fully eliminateligand binding. It was also hypothesized that the hydropathy index ofthe 81st residue may also play a role in the sensor's performance due todifferences in ligand polarities caused by the different number ofhydroxyl groups. Notably, amines are positively charged in physiologicalpH, but the true ligands are uncharged aldehydes. To test thisprediction, A81 was mutated and each mutant was paired with thepromiscuous wild-type TynA (see e.g., FIG. 5B). Consistent with thepredictions, A81L, A81P, A81 I, and A81N were identified as PEA-specificvariants, with 580-fold induction for the A81L sensor (see e.g., FIG.5C). The A81 L and A81P variants also demonstrated improvedsensitivities to PEA relative to the G494S* PEA-specific sensor, withhalf-maximal expression at 0.14 and 0.05 mM PEA, respectively (see e.g.,FIG. 5C, FIG. 24, and FIG. 25A-FIG. 25B, TABLE 2). As predicted a clearpattern between the identity of residue 81 and ligand selectivity wasobserved (see e.g., FIG. 5D, TABLE 3).

TABLE 3 Ligand specificity of FeaR with different residues in the 81position. Residues are listed in order of increasing size. Amino acidFeaR A81 Size (×10⁻³ family variant nm³) HPI Phenotype SelectivityHydrophobic Glycine (G) 59.9 −0.4 PEA/Tyra PEA ≈ Tyra > selective DAAlanine (A) 87.8 1.8 Non specific PEA ≈ Tyra > DA > Trypta Proline (P)*123.3 −1.6 PEA specific PEA only Valine (V) 138.8 4.2 PEA/Tyra PEA >Tyra selective No DA or Trypta activity Methionine (M) 165.2 1.9PEA/Tyra PEA ≈ Tyra > selective DA No Trypta activity Isoleucine (I)166.1 4.5 PEA specific PEA only Leucine (L) 168 3.8 PEA specific PEAonly Phenylalanine (F)** 189.7 2.8 No activity No activity Tyrosine(Y)** 191.2 −1.3 No activity No activity Tryptophan (W)** 227.9 −0.9 Noactivity No activity Polar Serine (S) 91.7 −0.8 PEA/Tyra PEA > Tyra >selective DA > Trypta Cysteine (C) 105.4 2.5 Non specific PEA > Tyra >DA > Trypta Threonine (T) 118.3 0.7 PEA/Tyra PEA > Tyra > selective DA >Trypta Asparagine (N) 120.1 −3.5 PEA specific PEA only Glutamine (Q)145.1 −3.5 No activity No activity Charged Histidine (H) 156.3 −3.2 Noactivity No activity (positive) Lysine (K) 172.7 −3.9 No activity Noactivity Arginine (R) 188.2 −4.5 No activity No activity ChargedAspartic Acid (D) 115.4 −3.5 No activity No activity (negative) GlutamicAcid (E) 140.9 −3.5 No activity No activity *P is more structurallyrigid than the other amino acids. **F, Y, and W are aromatic aminoacids. HPI, hydropathy index.

FeaR recognized Tyra-aldehyde at a range of size and hydropathy indexvalues (see e.g., FIG. 5D; blue area). The ranges with Tyra-dependentactivity were non-discrete (as shown by the shape of the blue area).This suggests that the size and polarity of the 81st residuecollaboratively dictate ligand selectivity. Small deviations outside ofthis space allowed FeaR to maintain PEA-aldehyde activity, but not Tyraactivity. Similarly, the ranges that allowed binding of FeaR to thelarger DA-aldehyde and Trypta-aldehyde ligands were smaller. Largedeviations in either residue size or hydropathy index caused a completeloss of activity in response to all ligands.

Structural simulations of the wild-type (promiscuous), A81T (Tyra- andPEA-responsive), A81L (PEA-specific), and A81H (non-functional) variantswere performed to understand how the mutations may alter the structureand thus ligand binding of FeaR. Residues of increasing size (A<T<L)protruded further into and occupied more space in the ligand-bindingpocket, which is consistent with the observed size effect. All threemutations also shifted the positions of several side chains within thebeta-barrel relative to the wild-type structure (see e.g., FIG. 26),contributing to the contrasting ligand selectivity. Of particularinterest are the differences in the three residues forming the top ofthe pocket, M83, L108, and W110, as each has severe differences inrotation angles. However, no consistent trends exist between the size ofthe 81st residue and the orientation of these positions.

Given their significant rotations, it was hypothesized that residuesM83, L108, and W110 may also play important roles in ligand binding,potentially by making contacts with alternative functional groups in theligand. It was hypothesized that mutagenizing these residues may reveala sensor for DA, Tyra, or Trypta. Each residue was individually mutatedand multiple ligand-specific sensors for PEA or Tyra were identified(see e.g., FIG. 6A-6C and FIG. 27A-FIG. 27C). Randomizing the aminoacids in positions 108 and 110 was only able to generate Tyra-specificvariants, while randomizing the amino acid in position 83 was able togenerate both Tyra- and PEA-specific variants. Each amino acid positiondemonstrated unique size and hydropathy index profiles for ligandspecificity. These ligand-specific sensors were further characterized toassess their ligand sensitivity (see e.g., FIG. 6D, FIG. 6E, FIG.28A-FIG. 28D). The M83Y FeaR variant displayed the most sensitiveresponse of all PEA-specific sensors, with half-maximal expression at0.012 mM PEA. The best Tyra-specific variant, M83N, recognized itsligand with a comparable sensitivity.

To further confirm the specificity of the best performing sensors, theresponse of each to the four amines and the four respective carboxylicacids, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), phenylacetic acid (PAA),4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPAA), and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) wastested in minimal medium with casamino acids and LB medium (see e.g.,FIG. 29A-FIG. 29B). No sensors significantly responded to the carboxylicacids in either medium, confirming the specificity of FeaR to onlyaldehydes. All mutant sensors remained specific to PEA or Tyra inminimal medium with casamino acids. However, all sensors displayed nooutput in LB medium, suggesting that the system may be regulated bycatabolite repression.

Together, this work provides insights into the structure and activity ofFeaR. In addition, by engineering FeaR, the best performing PEA- andTyra-specific sensors are provided for future applications. Future workcould include random approaches of protein engineering such aserror-prone PCR-based directed evolution to develop additionalligand-specific sensors for the larger DA and Trypta amines. Inaddition, further exploration of the relevant regulatory pathways isrequired to uncouple the activity of the sensors with resourceavailability.

Discussion

The ligand-specific sensors developed here have the potential fordiverse applications, including (1) monitoring food quality, (2)diagnosing or treating metabolic, digestive, and neurological disordersin probiotics or ex vivo wearable, paper-based and cell-free systems,and (3) dynamically regulating enzymatic pathways for microbialmetabolic engineering. The high degree of ligand specificity shown bythe engineered sensors allows them to effectively differentiate betweendiverse structurally similar aromatic metabolites. Demonstrated hereinis an efficient and effective method of rational protein engineering byindividually performing saturation mutagenesis on logically selectedamino acid residues. The generalizability of this method is shown byapplying it to three protein systems, including both enzymes and TFs.The simplicity of the approach and small library sizes make it anattractive first step in sensor engineering. Although this proteinengineering method requires basic structural knowledge of the protein ofinterest, the scope of the required information is less than fullycomputation-based engineering approaches. However, also shown herein ishow protein simulations can be used to identify important residues fromuncharacterized proteins.

Protein engineering for specific ligand-protein interactions has beenextensively performed, especially for facilitating chemical drugscreening. However, coupling ligand-protein binding with an outputresponse has remained challenging. Current approaches include designingproteins that fluoresce upon ligand binding or employing ligand-bindingTFs. While the former can be used to develop sensitive sensors, thelatter can generate sensors as well as controllers for downstreamfunctions such as gene expression. Because this TF-based system requiresthe maintenance or engineering of DNA-protein interaction in addition toengineering ligand-protein binding, developing ligand-specific sensorsusing this system has been challenging, especially when the targetligands are structurally similar. To address this challenging issue, twoapproaches were demonstrated: optimizing ligand-TF binding specificityand sensitivity by leveraging differential multimerization patterns ofTyrR without affecting DNA-TF binding interactions (see e.g., FIG.1A-FIG. 1C and FIG. 2A-FIG. 2G) and employing the dual-knob modulationof the specificity and sensitivity of substrate-enzyme and ligand-TFinteractions while maintaining DNA-TF-binding interactions (see e.g.,FIG. 3A-FIG. 3D, FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D, see e.g., FIG. 5A-FIG. 5D, and FIG.6A-FIG. 6E).

The feaR-tynA system represents a unique way to develop sensors usingtwo different control knobs. As shown in FIG. 4A-FIG. 4D and FIG. 21,FIG. 22A-FIG. 22B, and FIG. 23A-FIG. 23B, Tyra-selective sensors (S414Mor G415H TynA) can be transformed into PEA-specific sensors byintroducing A81T FeaR, sensor sensitivity (G494S TynA) can be improvedby A81T or A81S FeaR mutations, and PEA-Tyra-selective sensors (A81T orA81S FeaR) can become PEA-specific sensors when combined with G494STynA. One caveat is that TynA and FeaR mutagenesis often led to reducedoutput signals, sometimes making a PEA-specific sensor (FeaR-A81P) notresponsive to any ligand due to lowered aldehyde concentrations (e.g.,TynA-G494S+FeaR-A81P). The output of the sensors could be furtherimproved by optimization of the ribosome binding site of the reporter ormutagenesis of the PtynA reporter promoter. Furthermore, for engineeredTynA variants, increasing the expression of the enzyme throughoptimization of its promoter or ribosome binding site may improve signaloutput by increasing the amine to aldehyde conversion rate. Notably, theintermediate aldehydes are rarely found in natural environments,eliminating the possibility of extracellular aldehydes contributing tosensor outputs. However, until the sensor activity is uncoupled fromcatabolite repression, applications may be limited to environmentslacking a preferred carbon or nitrogen source.

Altogether, the specific microbial sensors for Phe, Tyr, PEA, and Tyrawere generated. This work provides ligand-specific sensors that can beapplied to create probiotics for diverse applications. In addition, thegeneralizable protein engineering techniques demonstrated here can beused to quickly and effectively engineer enzymes and TFs for ligandspecificity and sensitivity. Although sensors were specificallydeveloped with potential applications primarily in medicine and foodquality, these enzymes and sensors can be similarly engineered toproduce fuels, pharmaceuticals, and commodity chemicals in response tothe levels of metabolites or the products in a dynamic way. This workrepresents a considerable achievement in the challenging goal ofengineering ligand-specific sense-and-respond systems for medicallyrelevant chemicals through coupling protein conformational changescaused by ligand binding with DNA interactions.

Methods

Plasmids, Strains, and Reagents

All plasmids, strains, and genetic parts used in this study aresummarized in TABLE 4, TABLE 5, and TABLE 6, respectively.

It is noted that TrpR and Ptrp constructs are either WT sequences formE. coli or from the following paper: Ellefson, J. W., Ledbetter, M. P. &Ellington, A. D. Directed evolution of a synthetic phylogeny ofprogrammable Trp repressors. Nat Chem Biol 14, 361-367 (2018).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-018-0006-7.

TABLE 4 Plasmids used in this work. Plasmid Genetic Antibiotic NameParts Origin Resistance Source Recombineering pMP11 Pcon-cas9 + pBAD-λoriR101 Ampicillin Mehrer et al. Red genes + Ptet- sgRNA-pBR322oripgRNAcm Constitutive sgRNA pBR322 Chloramphenicol Mehrer et al. pMBA016pgRNA-trpR pBR322 Chloramphenicol This work TrpR-based tryptophan,5-hydroxytryptophan, and tryptamine sensors pMBA014 Ptrp-gfp ColE1Chloramphenicol This work; Ptrp from Ellefson et al. pMBA035 P17-trpRp15A Spectinomycin This work pMBA077 Ptrp(O_(D))-gfp ColE1Chloramphenicol This work pMBA094 Ptrp(O₁)-gfp ColE1 ChloramphenicolThis work pMBA103 P17-trpR(O_(D)) p15A Spectinomycin This work pMBA173P17-trpR(O₁) p15A Spectinomycin This work TyrR-based phenylalanine andtyrosine sensors pAGR001 PtyrR-gfp ColE1 Chloramphenicol This workpAGR002 Pmtr-gfp ColE1 Chloramphenicol This work pAGR003 PtyrB-gfp ColE1Chloramphenicol This work pAGR009 ParoF-gfp ColE1 Chloramphenicol Thiswork pAGR010 PtyrP-gfp ColE1 Chloramphenicol This work pAGR011 ParoP-gfpColE1 Chloramphenicol This work pAGR023 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR-tyrR ColE1Chloramphenicol This work; derived from pAGR010 pAGR031 ParoF*-gfp +PtyrR-tyrR ColE1 Chloramphenicol This work; derived from pAGR009 pAGR032ParoP*-gfp + PtyrR-tyrR ColE1 Chloramphenicol This work; derived frompAGR011 pAGR102 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_E274Qwork; derived from pAGR023 pAGR155 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1Chloramphenicol This tyrR_E274Q_L11G work; derived from pAGR102 pAGR156PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_E274Q_T14G work;derived from pAGR102 pAGR157 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 ChloramphenicolThis tyrR_E274Q_T14V work; derived from pAGR102 pAGR158 PtyrP-gfp +PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_E274Q_D103H work; derived frompAGR102 pAGR159 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol ThistyrR_E274Q_D103S work; derived from pAGR102 pAGR160 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR-ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_E274Q_C7V work; derived from pAGR102pAGR473 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_R10F work;derived from pAGR023 pAGR475 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 ChloramphenicolThis tyrR_L11G work; derived from pAGR023 pAGR476 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR-ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_G12T work; derived from pAGR023 pAGR477PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol This tyrR_L13G work; derivedfrom pAGR023 pAGR479 PtyrP-gfp + PtyrR- ColE1 Chloramphenicol ThistyrR_T14K work; derived from pAGR023 TynA-FeaR-based amine sensorspHJY022 Pcon-feaR + Pcon-tynA pSC101 Kanamycin This work pHJY023Pcon-feaR pSC101 Kanamycin This work pHJY028 PtynA-gfp p15ASpectinomycin This work pCX008 PtynA-gfp-bla-sacB p15A SpectinomycinThis work pCX010 Pcon-feaR + Pcon- pSC101 Kanamycin This tynA_G494Swork; derived from pHJY022 pCX014 Pcon-feaR_A81T + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA_G494S work; derived from pHJY022 pCX015 Pcon-feaR + Pcon-pSC101 Kanamycin This tynA_G415H work; derived from pHJY022 pCX019Pcon-feaR + Pcon- pSC101 Kanamycin This tynA_S414M work; derived frompHJY022 pCX020 Pcon-feaR + Pcon- pSC101 Kanamycin This tynA_G415Y work;derived from pHJY022 pCX016 Pcon-feaR_A81T + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX017 Pcon-feaR_A81T + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA_S414M work; derived from pCX019 pCX018Pcon-feaR_A81T + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA_G415H work; derivedfrom pCX015 pCX024 Pcon-feaR_A81L + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynAwork; derived from pHJY022 pCX025 Pcon-feaR_A81P + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX032 Pcon-feaR_A81S + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA_G494S work; derived from pCX010 pCX033Pcon-feaR_A81S + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX035 Pcon-feaR_A81V + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX036 Pcon-feaR_A81E + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX037 Pcon-feaR_A81M + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX039Pcon-feaR_A81G + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX040 Pcon-feaR_A81I + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX041 Pcon-feaR_A81F + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX042 Pcon-feaR_A81Y + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX043Pcon-feaR_A81W + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX034 Pcon-feaR_A81C + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX044 Pcon-feaR_A81N + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX045 Pcon-feaR_A81Q + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX046Pcon-feaR_A81K + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX047 Pcon-feaR_A81H + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX048 Pcon-feaR_A81R + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX049 Pcon-feaR_A81D + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX075Pcon-feaR_M83G + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX072 Pcon-feaR_M83A + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX070 Pcon-feaR_M83P + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX076 Pcon-feaR_M83V + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX077Pcon-feaR_M83I + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX078 Pcon-feaR_M83L + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX074 Pcon-feaR_M83F + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX073 Pcon-feaR_M83Y + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX080Pcon-feaR_M83W + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX081 Pcon-feaR_M83S + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX082 Pcon-feaR_M83C + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX071 Pcon-feaR_M83T + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX068Pcon-feaR_M83N + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX083 Pcon-feaR_M83Q + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX084 Pcon-feaR_M83H + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX085 Pcon-feaR_M83K + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX086Pcon-feaR_M83R + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX087 Pcon-feaR_M83D + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX069 Pcon-feaR_M83E + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX088 Pcon-feaR_L108G + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX089Pcon-feaR_L108A + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX090 Pcon-feaR_L108P + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX091 Pcon-feaR_L108V + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX092 Pcon-feaR_L108M + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX093Pcon-feaR_L108I + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX094 Pcon-feaR_L108F + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX095 Pcon-feaR_L108Y + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX096 Pcon-feaR_L108W + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX097Pcon-feaR_L108S + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX098 Pcon-feaR_L108C + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX099 Pcon-feaR_L108T + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX100 Pcon-feaR_L108N + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX101Pcon-feaR_L108Q + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX102 Pcon-feaR_L108H + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX103 Pcon-feaR_L108K + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX104 Pcon-feaR_L108R + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX105Pcon-feaR_L108D + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX106 Pcon-feaR_L108E + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX107 Pcon-feaR_W110G + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX108 Pcon-feaR_W110A + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX109Pcon-feaR_W110P + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX110 Pcon-feaR_W110V + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX111 Pcon-feaR_W110M + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX112 Pcon-feaR_W110I + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX113Pcon-feaR_W110L + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX114 Pcon-feaR_W110F + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX115 Pcon-feaR_W110Y + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX116 Pcon-feaR_W110S + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX117Pcon-feaR_W110C + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX118 Pcon-feaR_W110T + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX119 Pcon-feaR_W110N + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX120 Pcon-feaR_W110Q + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX121Pcon-feaR_W110H + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022 pCX122 Pcon-feaR_W110K+ pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work;derived from pHJY022 pCX123 Pcon-feaR_W110R + pSC101 Kanamycin ThisPcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX124 Pcon-feaR_W110D + pSC101Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived from pHJY022 pCX125Pcon-feaR_W110E + pSC101 Kanamycin This Pcon-tynA work; derived frompHJY022

TABLE 5 E. coli strains used in this work. Name Strain Source sAGR004DH10B Invitrogen sAGR039 Nissle 1917 (plasmid DSMZ free)

TABLE 6 Genetic parts used in this work. SEQ ID NO: PartNucleotide Sequence General Parts 1 gfpmut3 with RBSaagtcggtgacagataacaggagtaagtaATGagtaaaggagaagaacttttcactggagttgtcccaattcttgttgaattagatggtgatgttaatgggcacaaattttctgtcagtggagagggtgaaggtgatgcaacatacggaaaacttacccttaaatttatttgcactactggaaaactacctgttccatggccaacacttgtcactactttgacttatggtgttcaatgcttttcaagatacccagatcatatgaaacggcatgactttttcaagagtgccatgcccgaaggttatgtacaggaaagaactatatttttcaaagatgacgggaactataagacacgtgctgaagtcaagtttgaaggtgatacacttgttaatagaatcgagttaaaaggtattgattttaaagaagatggaaacattcttggacacaagttggaatacaactataactcacacaatgtatacatcatggcagacaaacaaaagaatggaatcaaagttaacttcaaaattagacacaacattgaagatggaagcgttcaactagcagaccattatcaacaaaatactccaattggcgatggccctgtccttttaccagacaaccattacctgtccacacaatctgccctttcgaaagatcccaacgaaaagagagaccacatggtccttcttgagtttgtaacagctgctgggattacacatggcatggatgaactatacaaaaggcctgcagcaaacgacga aaactacgcttaagtagcttaa 2BBa_J23117 (P17) ttgacagctagctcagtcctagggattgtgctagc TyrR Sensor 3 PtyrRccagcgaaaaataatgcaatatcgggtgctgaccggatatctttacgccgaagtgcccgtttttccgtctttgtgtcaatgattgttgacagaaaccttcctgctatccaaatagtgtcatatcatcatatta 4 Pmtrcgtcgtttcggtggtgatgcgtaatcatcgctgaacagcgaacacaatctgtaaaataatatatacagccccgatttttaccatcggggctttttttctgtcttttgtactcgtgtactggtacagtgcaatgc 5 PtyrB with starttctgttgctaattgccgttcgctcctgaacatccactcgatcttcgccttctt codonccggtttattgtgttttaaccacctgcccgtaaacctggagaaccatcg cGTGtttcaaaaagttgacgcc6 ParoF attgttttcaaagggagtgtaaatttatctatacagaggtaagggttgaaagcgcgactaaattgcctgtgtaaataaaaatgtacgaaatatggattgaaaactttactttatgtgttatcgttacgtc 7 PtyrPcgtccctcctcaaaaaaagcctagcgtagcgattgccgcttatgaagactttgcgccagcgcaggactgaatgctttttattgtacatttatatttacaccatatgtaacgtcggtttgacgaagcagccgttatgccttaacctgcg ccgcag 8 ParoPaagcaactcatcttcaaccatgcataaagcgggtgcattcgctgccgcataccattattcttgatctgacggaagtctttttgtaacaattcaaacttctttgatgtaaacaaattaatacaacaaacggaattgcaaacttacaca cgc 9 ParoF*attgttttcaaagggagtgtaaatttatctatacagaggtaagggttgaaagcgcgactaaattgcctgtgtaaataaaaatgtacgaaatatggattgaaaactttactttatgaggtataatgctagc 10 ParoP*aagcaactcatcttcaaccatgcataaagcgggtgcattcgctgccgcataccattattcttgacagctagctcagtcctaggtataatgctagcttctttgatgtaaacaaattaatacaacaaacggaattgcaaacttacaca cgc 11 tyrR [with RBS][attgttcttttttcaggtgaaggttccc]ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtgaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaagaagaacgaagagtaa 12 tyrR_E274QATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 13tyrR_E274Q_L11G ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgagggggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcag aagaagaacgaagagtaa 14tyrR_E274Q_T14G ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 15tyrR_E274Q_T14V ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctggggcgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 16tyrR_E274Q_D103H ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtgcacatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 17tyrR_E274Q_D103S ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtgtccatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 18tyrR_E274Q_C7V ATGcgtctggaagtctttgttgaagaccgactcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtcaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 19tyrR_R10F ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagactttctcggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtgaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaa 20tyrR_L11G ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgagggggtctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtgaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcag aagaagaacgaagagtaa 21tyrR_G12T ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcacgctgacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtgaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcag aagaagaacgaagagtaa 22tyrR_L13G ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtggaacccgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtgaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcag aagaagaacgaagagtaa 23tyrR_T14K ATGcgtctggaagtcttttgtgaagaccgactcggtctgaagcgcgaattactcgatctactcgtgctaagaggcattgatttacgcggtattgagattgatcccattgggcgaatctacctcaattttgctgaactggagtttgagagtttcagcagtctgatggccgaaatacgccgtattgcgggtgttaccgatgtgcgtactgtcccgtggatgccttccgaacgtgagcatctggcgttgagcgcgttactggaggcgttgcctgaacctgtgctctctgtcgatatgaaaagcaaagtggatatggcgaacccggcgagctgtcagctttttgggcaaaaattggatcgcctgcgcaaccataccgccgcacaattgattaacggctttaattttttacgttggctggaaagcgaaccgcaagattcgcataacgagcatgtcgttattaatgggcagaatttcctgatggagattacgcctgtttatcttcaggatgaaaatgatcaacacgtcctgaccggtgcggtggtgatgttgcgatcaacgattcgtatgggccgccagttgcaaaatgtcgccgcccaggacgtcagcgccttcagtcaaattgtcgccgtcagcccgaaaatgaagcatgttgtcgaacaggcgcagaaactggcgatgctaagcgcgccgctgctgattacgggtgacacaggtacaggtaaagatctctttgcctacgcctgccatcaggcaagccccagagcgggcaaaccttacctggcgctgaactgtgcgtctataccggaagatgcggtcgagagtgaactgtttggtcatgctccggaagggaagaaaggattctttgagcaggcgaacggtggttcggtgctgttggatgaaataggggaaatgtcaccacggatgcaggcgaaattactgcgtttccttaatgatggcactttccgtcgggttggcgaagaccatgaggtgcatgtcgatgtgcgggtgatttgcgctacgcagaagaatctggtcgaactggtgcaaaaaggcatgttccgtgaagatctctattatcgtctgaacgtgttgacgctcaatctgccgccgctacgtgactgtccgcaggacatcatgccgttaactgagctgttcgtcgcccgctttgccgacgagcagggcgtgccgcgtccgaaactggccgctgacctgaatactgtacttacgcgttatgcgtggccgggaaatgtgcggcagttaaagaacgctatctatcgcgcactgacacaactggacggttatgagctgcgtccacaggatattttgttgccggattatgacgccgcaacggtagccgtgggcgaagatgcgatggaaggttcgctggacgaaatcaccagccgttttgaacgctcggtattaacccagctttatcgcaattatcccagcacgcgcaaactggcaaaacgtctcggcgtttcacataccgcgattgccaataagttgcgggaatatggtctgagtcagaa gaagaacgaagagtaaTynA-FeaR Sensor 24 PtynA (used intcggtgaatgaagggcaacggcgaatagttgcccttttatttcactaag pHJY028)ttttgtgacgttgtcacattatgcatgatgtgtacatctattttcagggcatccactgtatgaaaagctggcacacctgccaaacaacctggcaggtgcaggcaatcccctttgcatcagtactgataatgtgaacctgactaaaccgcccacagagcgcggttgctaacaagaacacaacagaaagagg ggttaata 25 PtynA (used intatgaaaagctggcacacctgccaaacaacctggcaggtgcaggc pCX008)aatcccctttgcatcagtactgataatgtgaacctgactaaaccgcccacagagcgcggttgctaacaagaacacaacagaaagaggggtta ata 26 gfp RBS library forAgaacacaacaRRRRRRRRRgttaataATG PtynA-gfp reporter 27 Optimal RBS foragaacacaacagaaagagggttaataATG PtynA-gfp reporter (pHJY028) 28bla RBS library aactaagacgWtctRggBgtcaWHaaATG 29 RBS-blaaactaagacgttctaggcgtcatcaaATGagtattcaacatttccgtgtcgcccttattcccttttttgcggcattttgccttcctgtttttgctcacccagaaacgctggtgaaagtaaaagatgctgaagatcagttgggtgcacgagtgggttacatcgaactggatctcaacagcggtaagatccttgagagttttcgccccgaagaacgttttccaatgatgagcacttttaaagttctgctatgtggcgcggtattatcccgtattgacgccgggcaagagcaactcggtcgccgcatacactattctcagaatgacttggttgagtactcaccagtcacagaaaagcatcttacggatggcatgacagtaagagaattatgcagtgctgccataaccatgagtgataacactgcggccaacttacttctgacaacgatcggaggaccgaaggagctaaccgcttttttgcacaacatgggggatcatgtaactcgccttgatcgttgggaaccggagctgaatgaagccataccaaacgacgagcgtgacaccacgatgcctgtagcaatggcaacaacgttgcgcaaactattaactggcgaactacttactctagcttcccggcaacaattaatagactggatggaggcggataaagttgcaggaccacttctgcgctcggcccttccggctggctggtttattgctgataaatctggagccggtgagcgtgggtctcgcggtatcattgcagcactggggccagatggtaagccctcccgtatcgtagttatctacacgacggggagtcaggcaactatggatgaacgaaatagacagatcgctgagataggtgcctcactgattaagcattggtaa 30 sacB RBS librarycaaaatccWcaaDggtRgttgBBgATG 31 RBS-sacBcaaaatcctcaaaggtggttgcggATGaacatcaaaaagtttgcaaaacaagcaacagtattaacctttactaccgcactgctggcaggaggcgcaactcaagcgtttgcgaaagaaacgaaccaaaagccatataaggaaacatacggcatttcccatattacacgccatgatatgctgcaaatccctgaacagcaaaaaaatgaaaaatatcaagttcctgaattcgattcgtccacaattaaaaatatctcttctgcaaaaggcctggacgtttgggacagctggccattacaaaacgctgacggcactgtcgcaaactatcacggctaccacatcgtctttgcattagccggagatcctaaaaatgcggatgacacatcgatttacatgttctatcaaaaagtcggcgaaacttctattgacagctggaaaaacgctggccgcgtctttaaagacagcgacaaattcgatgcaaatgattctatcctaaaagaccaaacacaagaatggtcaggttcagccacatttacatctgacggaaaaatccgtttattctacactgatttctccggtaaacattacggcaaacaaacactgacaactgcacaagttaacgtatcagcatcagacagctctttgaacatcaacggtgtagaggattataaatcaatctttgacggtgacggaaaaacgtatcaaaatgtacagcagttcatcgatgaaggcaactacagctcaggcgacaaccatacgctgagagatcctcactacgtagaagataaaggccacaaatacttagtatttgaagcaaacactggaactgaagatggctaccaaggcgaagaatctttatttaacaaagcatactatggcaaaagcacatcattcttccgtcaagaaagtcaaaaacttctgcaaagcgataaaaaacgcacggctgagttagcaaacggcgctctcggtatgattgagctaaacgatgattacacactgaaaaaagtgatgaaaccgctgattgcatctaacacagtaacagatgaaattgaacgcgcgaacgtctttaaaatgaacggcaaatggtatctgttcactgactcccgcggatcaaaaatgacgattgacggcattacgtctaacgatatttacatgcttggttatgtttctaattctttaactggcccatacaagccgctgaacaaaactggccttgtgttaaaaatggatcttgatcctaacgatgtaacctttacttactcacacttcgctgtacctcaagcgaaaggaaacaatgtcgtgattacaagctatatgacaaacagaggattctacgcagacaaacaatcaacgtttgcgccaagcttcctgctgaacatcaaaggcaagaaaacatctgttgtcaaagacagcatccttgaacaaggacaattaacagttaacaaataa 32 [Pcon-RBS-]tynA[Ttgacagctagctcagtcctaggagttgagctagccttgcccacagagcgcggttgctaacaagaacacaacatctgacgaggttaata]ATGggaagcccctctctgtattctgcccgtaaaacaaccctggcgttggcagtcgccttaagtttcgcctggcaagcgccggtatttgcccacggtggtgaagcgcatatggtgccaatggataaaacgcttaaagaatttggtgccgatgtgcagtgggacgactacgcccagctctttaccctgattaaagatggcgcgtacgtgaaagtgaagcctggtgcgcaaacagcaattgttaatggtcagcctctggcactgcaagtaccggtagtgatgaaagacaataaagcctgggtttctgacacctttattaacgatgttttccagtccgggctggatcaaacctttcaggtagaaaagcgccctcacccacttaatgcgctaactgcggacgaaattaaacaggccgttgaaattgttaaagcttccgcggacttcaaacccaatacccgttttactgagatctccctgctaccgccagataaagaagctgtctgggcgtttgcgctggaaaacaaaccggttgaccagccgcgcaaagccgacgtcattatgctcgacggcaaacatatcatcgaagcggtggtggatctgcaaaacaacaaactgctctcctggcaacccattaaagacgcccacggtatggtgttgctggatgatttcgccagtgtgcagaacattattaacaacagtgaagaatttgccgctgccgtgaagaaacgcggtattactgatgcgaaaaaagtgattaccacgccgctgaccgtaggttatttcgatggtaaagatggcctgaaacaagatgcccggttgctcaaagtcatcagctatcttgatgtcggtgatggcaactactgggcacatcccatcgaaaacctggtggcggtcgttgatttagaacagaaaaaaatcgttaagattgaagaaggtccggtagttccggtgccaatgaccgcacgcccatttgatggccgtgaccgcgttgctccggcagttaagcctatgcaaatcattgagcctgaaggtaaaaattacaccattactggcgatatgattcactggcggaactgggattttcacctcagcatgaactctcgcgtcgggccgatgatctccaccgtgacttataacgacaatggcaccaaacgcaaagtcatgtacgaaggttctctcggcggcatgattgtgccttacggtgatcctgatattggctggtactttaaagcgtatctggactctggtgactacggtatgggcacgctaacctcaccaattgctcgtggtaaagatgccccgtctaacgcagtgctccttaatgaaaccatcgccgactacactggcgtgccgatggagatccctcgcgctatcgcggtatttgaacgttatgccgggccggagtataagcatcaggaaatgggccagcccaacgtcagtaccgaacgccgggagttagtggtgcgctggatcagtacagtgggtaactatgactacatttttgactggatcttccatgaaaacggcactattggcatcgatgccggtgctacgggcatcgaagcggtgaaaggtgttaaagcgaaaaccatgcacgatgagacggcgaaagatgacacgcgctacggcacgcttatcgatcacaatatcgtgggtactacacaccaacatatttataatttccgcctcgatctggatgtagatggcgagaataacagcctggtggcgatggacccagtggtaaaaccgaatactgccggtggcccacgcaccagtaccatgcaagttaatcagtacaacatcggcaatgaacaggatgccgcacagaaatttgatccgggcacgattcgtctgttgagtaacccgaacaaagagaaccgcatgggcaatccggtttcctatcaaattattccttatgcaggtggtactcacccggtagcaaaaggtgcccagttcgcgccggacgagtggatctatcatcgtttaagctttatggacaagcagctctgggtaacgcgttatcatcctggcgagcgtttcccggaaggcaaatatccgaaccgttctactcatgacaccggtcttggacaatacagtaaggataacgagtcgctggacaacaccgacgccgttgtctggatgaccaccggcaccacacatgtggcccgcgccgaagagtggccgattatgccgaccgaatgggtacatactctgctgaaaccatggaacttctttgacgaaacgccaacgctaggggcgctgaagaaagat aagtga 33 tynA_G494SATGggaagcccctctctgtattctgcccgtaaaacaaccctggcgttggcagtcgccttaagtttcgcctggcaagcgccggtatttgcccacggtggtgaagcgcatatggtgccaatggataaaacgcttaaagaatttggtgccgatgtgcagtgggacgactacgcccagctctttaccctgattaaagatggcgcgtacgtgaaagtgaagcctggtgcgcaaacagcaattgttaatggtcagcctctggcactgcaagtaccggtagtgatgaaagacaataaagcctgggtttctgacacctttattaacgatgttttccagtccgggctggatcaaacctttcaggtagaaaagcgccctcacccacttaatgcgctaactgcggacgaaattaaacaggccgttgaaattgttaaagcttccgcggacttcaaacccaatacccgttttactgagatctccctgctaccgccagataaagaagctgtctgggcgtttgcgctggaaaacaaaccggttgaccagccgcgcaaagccgacgtcattatgctcgacggcaaacatatcatcgaagcggtggtggatctgcaaaacaacaaactgctctcctggcaacccattaaagacgcccacggtatggtgttgctggatgatttcgccagtgtgcagaacattattaacaacagtgaagaatttgccgctgccgtgaagaaacgcggtattactgatgcgaaaaaagtgattaccacgccgctgaccgtaggttatttcgatggtaaagatggcctgaaacaagatgcccggttgctcaaagtcatcagctatcttgatgtcggtgatggcaactactgggcacatcccatcgaaaacctggtggcggtcgttgatttagaacagaaaaaaatcgttaagattgaagaaggtccggtagttccggtgccaatgaccgcacgcccatttgatggccgtgaccgcgttgctccggcagttaagcctatgcaaatcattgagcctgaaggtaaaaattacaccattactggcgatatgattcactggcggaactgggattttcacctcagcatgaactctcgcgtcgggccgatgatctccaccgtgacttataacgacaatggcaccaaacgcaaagtcatgtacgaaggttctctcggcggcatgattgtgccttacggtgatcctgatattggctggtactttaaagcgtatctggactctggtgactacggtatgggcacgctaacctcaccaattgctcgtggtaaagatgccccgtctaacgcagtgctccttaatgaaaccatcgccgactacactggcgtgccgatggagatccctcgcgctatcgcggtatttgaacgttatgccgggccggagtataagcatcaggaaatgggccagcccaacgtcagtaccgaacgccgggagttagtggtgcgctggatcagtacagtgtccaactatgactacatttttgactggatcttccatgaaaacggcactattggcatcgatgccggtgctacgggcatcgaagcggtgaaaggtgttaaagcgaaaaccatgcacgatgagacggcgaaagatgacacgcgctacggcacgcttatcgatcacaatatcgtgggtactacacaccaacatatttataatttccgcctcgatctggatgtagatggcgagaataacagcctggtggcgatggacccagtggtaaaaccgaatactgccggtggcccacgcaccagtaccatgcaagttaatcagtacaacatcggcaatgaacaggatgccgcacagaaatttgatccgggcacgattcgtctgttgagtaacccgaacaaagagaaccgcatgggcaatccggtttcctatcaaattattccttatgcaggtggtactcacccggtagcaaaaggtgcccagttcgcgccggacgagtggatctatcatcgtttaagctttatggacaagcagctctgggtaacgcgttatcatcctggcgagcgtttcccggaaggcaaatatccgaaccgttctactcatgacaccggtcttggacaatacagtaaggataacgagtcgctggacaacaccgacgccgttgtctggatgaccaccggcaccacacatgtggcccgcgccgaagagtggccgattatgccgaccgaatgggtacatactctgctgaaaccatggaacttctttgacgaaacgccaacgctaggggcgctgaagaaag ataagtga 34 tynA_G415HATGggaagcccctctctgtattctgcccgtaaaacaaccctggcgttggcagtcgccttaagtttcgcctggcaagcgccggtatttgcccacggtggtgaagcgcatatggtgccaatggataaaacgcttaaagaatttggtgccgatgtgcagtgggacgactacgcccagctctttaccctgattaaagatggcgcgtacgtgaaagtgaagcctggtgcgcaaacagcaattgttaatggtcagcctctggcactgcaagtaccggtagtgatgaaagacaataaagcctgggtttctgacacctttattaacgatgttttccagtccgggctggatcaaacctttcaggtagaaaagcgccctcacccacttaatgcgctaactgcggacgaaattaaacaggccgttgaaattgttaaagcttccgcggacttcaaacccaatacccgttttactgagatctccctgctaccgccagataaagaagctgtctgggcgtttgcgctggaaaacaaaccggttgaccagccgcgcaaagccgacgtcattatgctcgacggcaaacatatcatcgaagcggtggtggatctgcaaaacaacaaactgctctcctggcaacccattaaagacgcccacggtatggtgttgctggatgatttcgccagtgtgcagaacattattaacaacagtgaagaatttgccgctgccgtgaagaaacgcggtattactgatgcgaaaaaagtgattaccacgccgctgaccgtaggttatttcgatggtaaagatggcctgaaacaagatgcccggttgctcaaagtcatcagctatcttgatgtcggtgatggcaactactgggcacatcccatcgaaaacctggtggcggtcgttgatttagaacagaaaaaaatcgttaagattgaagaaggtccggtagttccggtgccaatgaccgcacgcccatttgatggccgtgaccgcgttgctccggcagttaagcctatgcaaatcattgagcctgaaggtaaaaattacaccattactggcgatatgattcactggcggaactgggattttcacctcagcatgaactctcgcgtcgggccgatgatctccaccgtgacttataacgacaatggcaccaaacgcaaagtcatgtacgaaggttctctcggcggcatgattgtgccttacggtgatcctgatattggctggtactttaaagcgtatctggactctcacgactacggtatgggcacgctaacctcaccaattgctcgtggtaaagatgccccgtctaacgcagtgctccttaatgaaaccatcgccgactacactggcgtgccgatggagatccctcgcgctatcgcggtatttgaacgttatgccgggccggagtataagcatcaggaaatgggccagcccaacgtcagtaccgaacgccgggagttagtggtgcgctggatcagtacagtgggtaactatgactacatttttgactggatcttccatgaaaacggcactattggcatcgatgccggtgctacgggcatcgaagcggtgaaaggtgttaaagcgaaaaccatgcacgatgagacggcgaaagatgacacgcgctacggcacgcttatcgatcacaatatcgtgggtactacacaccaacatatttataatttccgcctcgatctggatgtagatggcgagaataacagcctggtggcgatggacccagtggtaaaaccgaatactgccggtggcccacgcaccagtaccatgcaagttaatcagtacaacatcggcaatgaacaggatgccgcacagaaatttgatccgggcacgattcgtctgttgagtaacccgaacaaagagaaccgcatgggcaatccggtttcctatcaaattattccttatgcaggtggtactcacccggtagcaaaaggtgcccagttcgcgccggacgagtggatctatcatcgtttaagctttatggacaagcagctctgggtaacgcgttatcatcctggcgagcgtttcccggaaggcaaatatccgaaccgttctactcatgacaccggtcttggacaatacagtaaggataacgagtcgctggacaacaccgacgccgttgtctggatgaccaccggcaccacacatgtggcccgcgccgaagagtggccgattatgccgaccgaatgggtacatactctgctgaaaccatggaacttctttgacgaaacgccaacgctaggggcgctgaagaaag ataagtga 35 tynA_S414MATGggaagcccctctctgtattctgcccgtaaaacaaccctggcgttggcagtcgccttaagtttcgcctggcaagcgccggtatttgcccacggtggtgaagcgcatatggtgccaatggataaaacgcttaaagaatttggtgccgatgtgcagtgggacgactacgcccagctctttaccctgattaaagatggcgcgtacgtgaaagtgaagcctggtgcgcaaacagcaattgttaatggtcagcctctggcactgcaagtaccggtagtgatgaaagacaataaagcctgggtttctgacacctttattaacgatgttttccagtccgggctggatcaaacctttcaggtagaaaagcgccctcacccacttaatgcgctaactgcggacgaaattaaacaggccgttgaaattgttaaagcttccgcggacttcaaacccaatacccgttttactgagatctccctgctaccgccagataaagaagctgtctgggcgtttgcgctggaaaacaaaccggttgaccagccgcgcaaagccgacgtcattatgctcgacggcaaacatatcatcgaagcggtggtggatctgcaaaacaacaaactgctctcctggcaacccattaaagacgcccacggtatggtgttgctggatgatttcgccagtgtgcagaacattattaacaacagtgaagaatttgccgctgccgtgaagaaacgcggtattactgatgcgaaaaaagtgattaccacgccgctgaccgtaggttatttcgatggtaaagatggcctgaaacaagatgcccggttgctcaaagtcatcagctatcttgatgtcggtgatggcaactactgggcacatcccatcgaaaacctggtggcggtcgttgatttagaacagaaaaaaatcgttaagattgaagaaggtccggtagttccggtgccaatgaccgcacgcccatttgatggccgtgaccgcgttgctccggcagttaagcctatgcaaatcattgagcctgaaggtaaaaattacaccattactggcgatatgattcactggcggaactgggattttcacctcagcatgaactctcgcgtcgggccgatgatctccaccgtgacttataacgacaatggcaccaaacgcaaagtcatgtacgaaggttctctcggcggcatgattgtgccttacggtgatcctgatattggctggtactttaaagcgtatctggacatgggtgactacggtatgggcacgctaacctcaccaattgctcgtggtaaagatgccccgtctaacgcagtgctccttaatgaaaccatcgccgactacactggcgtgccgatggagatccctcgcgctatcgcggtatttgaacgttatgccgggccggagtataagcatcaggaaatgggccagcccaacgtcagtaccgaacgccgggagttagtggtgcgctggatcagtacagtgggtaactatgactacatttttgactggatcttccatgaaaacggcactattggcatcgatgccggtgctacgggcatcgaagcggtgaaaggtgttaaagcgaaaaccatgcacgatgagacggcgaaagatgacacgcgctacggcacgcttatcgatcacaatatcgtgggtactacacaccaacatatttataatttccgcctcgatctggatgtagatggcgagaataacagcctggtggcgatggacccagtggtaaaaccgaatactgccggtggcccacgcaccagtaccatgcaagttaatcagtacaacatcggcaatgaacaggatgccgcacagaaatttgatccgggcacgattcgtctgttgagtaacccgaacaaagagaaccgcatgggcaatccggtttcctatcaaattattccttatgcaggtggtactcacccggtagcaaaaggtgcccagttcgcgccggacgagtggatctatcatcgtttaagctttatggacaagcagctctgggtaacgcgttatcatcctggcgagcgtttcccggaaggcaaatatccgaaccgttctactcatgacaccggtcttggacaatacagtaaggataacgagtcgctggacaacaccgacgccgttgtctggatgaccaccggcaccacacatgtggcccgcgccgaagagtggccgattatgccgaccgaatgggtacatactctgctgaaaccatggaacttctttgacgaaacgccaacgctaggggcgctgaagaaag ataagtga 36[Pcon-RBS-]feaR [ttgacagctagctcagtcctaggtcttgcgctagcgcaacacaaatgcaacaataaaaatacatttcacagagcgaaaacgtgcc]ATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 37 feaR_A81TATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagacaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 38 feaR_A81LATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagttgataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 39 feaR_A81PATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagcccataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 40 feaR_A81SATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagtccataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 41 feaR_A81VATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggtgataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 42 feaR_A81EATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggagataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 43 feaR_A81MATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagatgataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 44 feaR_A81GATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagggcataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 45 feaR_A81IATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagatcataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 46 feaR_A81FATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagttcataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 47 feaR_A81YATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagtacataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 48 feaR_A81WATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagtggataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 49 feaR_A81CATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagtgcataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 50 feaR_A81NATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagaacataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 51 feaR_A81QATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagcagataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 52 feaR_A81KATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagaagataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 53 feaR_A81HATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagcacataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 54 feaR_A81RATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcagcgcataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 55 feaR_A81DATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggacataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 56 feaR_M83GATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataGGCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 57 feaR_M83AATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataGCGgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 58 feaR_M83PATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataCCCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 59 feaR_M83VATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataGTTgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 60 feaR_M83IATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataATCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 61 feaR_M83LATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataTTGgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 62 feaR_M83FATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataTTCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 63 feaR_M83YATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataTACgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 64 feaR_M83WATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataTGGgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgTGGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 65 feaR_M83SATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataTCCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 66 feaR_M83CATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataTGCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 67 feaR_M83TATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataACGgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 68 feaR_M83NATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataAACgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 69 feaR_M83QATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataCAAgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 70 feaR_M83HATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataCACgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 71 feaR_M83KATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataAAGgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 72 feaR_M83RATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataCGCgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 73 feaR_M83DATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataGATgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 74 feaR_M83EATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataGAGgagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 75 feaR_L108GATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgGGGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 76 feaR_L108AATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgGCGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 77 feaR_L108PATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgGCGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 78 feaR_L108VATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgGTCtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 79 feaR_L108MATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgACGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 80 feaR_L108IATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgATCtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 81 feaR_L108FATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgTTTtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 82 feaR_L108YATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgTACtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 83 feaR_L108WATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgTGGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 84 feaR_L108SATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgTCCtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 85 feaR_L108CATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgTGCtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 86 feaR_L108TATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgACGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 87 feaR_L108NATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgAACtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 88 feaR_L108QATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgCAGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 89 feaR_L108HATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgCACtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 90 feaR_L108KATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgAAAtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 91 feaR_L108RATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgCGTtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 92 feaR_L108DATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgGACtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 93 feaR_L108EATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgGAGtactggcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 94 feaR_W110GATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacGGCcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 95 feaR_W110AATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacGCGcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 96 feaR_W110PATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacCCGcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 97 feaR_W110VATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacGTGcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 98 feaR_W110MATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacATGcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 99 feaR_W110IATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacATAcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 100 feaR_W110LATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacCTCcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 101 feaR_W110FATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacTTCcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 102 feaR_W110YATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacTACcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 103 feaR_W110SATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacTCCcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 104 feaR_W110CATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacTGTcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 105 feaR_W110TATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacACCcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 106 feaR_W110NATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacAACcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 107 feaR_W110QATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacCAGcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 108 feaR_W110HATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacCACcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 109 feaR_W110KATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacAAGcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 110 feaR_W110RATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacCGCcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 111 feaR_W110DATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacGATcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa 112 feaR_W110EATGaaccccgcagtggataatgagtttcagcaatggctttcccaaatcaatcaggtatgcggaaattttaccggacgcctgctgactgagcgttacacgggtgtactggacacgcattttgccaaaggactaaagctgagtaccgtgacaaccagcggggtgaatttatcccgcacctggcaggaagtaaaaggcagcgacgatgcctggttttacaccgtttttcagcttagtggtcaggcaataatggagcaggatgagcgtcaggtgcagattggcgctggcgatattacgttactcgatgcctcacgcccctgttcgctttacGAAcaggagtcttctaaacagatttcattacttttgccacgcactctgctggaacaatattttccccatcaaaaacctatctgcgcagaaagactggacgctgacttacccatggtgcaactcagtcatcgcctgttacaggagagcatgaataatccggcactttctgaaacagaaagtgaagctgcgctacaggcgatggtgtgtctgctgcgcccggtacttcatcagcgggaatctgttcaacctcgtcgtgaacgtcagtttcaaaaagtggttacgttgatagacgataatattcgcgaagagatattacgcccggagtggatagccggagagacaggtatgtcagtacgtagtttgtaccgaatgtttgccgataaaggtttggtagtcgcgcaatatattcgtaaccgtcgtctcgatttttgtgcagatgcgattcgccatgccgcagatgatgaaaaactggcaggcatcggctttcattggggattttctgaccagagtcatttttcaacggtatttaagcaacgctttgggatgacgccaggcgagtatcgacgtaaattccgctaa TrpR sensor 113 trpR (WT)atggcccaacaatcaccctattcagcagcgatggcagaacagcgtcaccaggagtggttacgttttgtcgacctgcttaagaatgcctaccaaaacgatctccatttaccgttgttaaacctgatgctgacgccagatgagcgcgaagcgttggggactcgcgtgcgtattgtcgaagagctgttgcgcggcgaaatgagccagcgtgagttaaaaaatgaactcggcgcaggcatcgcgacgattacgcgtggatctaacagcctgaaagccgcgcccgtcgagctgcgccagtggctggaagaggtgttgctgaaaagcgattga 114 trpR (OD)atggcccaacaatcaccctattcagcagcgatggcagaacagcgtcaccaggagtggttacgttttgtcgacctgcttaagaatgcctaccaaaacgatctccatttaccgttgttaaacctgatgctgacgccagatgagcgcgaagcgttggggactcgcgtgcgtattgtcgaagagctgttgcgcggcgaaatgagccagcgtgagttaagcaatgaactcggcgcatgctgcctgacgattcgccgtggatctaacagcctgaaagccgcgcccgtcgagctgcgccagtggctggaagaggtgttgctgaaaagcgattga 115 trpR (O1)atggcccaacaatcaccctattcagcagcgatggcagaacagcgtcaccaggagtggttacgttttgtcgacctgcttaagaatgcctaccaaaacgatctccatttaccgttgttaaacctgatgctgacgccagatgagcgcgaagcgttggggactcgcgtgcgtattgtcgaagagctgttgcgcggcgaaatgagccagcgtgagttaagcaatgaactcggcgcaaactggcgcacgattaagcgtggatctaacagcctgaaagccgcgcccgtcgagctgcgccagtggctggaagaggtgttgctgaaaagcgattga 116 trpR with RBSaaccgggggaggcattttgcttcccccgctaacaatggcgacatattATGgcccaacaatcaccctattcagcagcgatggcagaacagcgtcaccaggagtggttacgttttgtcgacctgcttaagaatgcctaccaaaacgatctccatttaccgttgttaaacctgatgctgacgccagatgagcgcgaagcgttggggactcgcgtgcgtattgtcgaagagctgttgcgcggcgaaatgagccagcgtgagttaaaaaatgaactcggcgcaggcatcgcgacgattacgcgtggatctaacagcctgaaagccgcgcccgtcgagctgcgccagtggctggaagaggtgttgctgaa aagcgattga 117 trpR (OD) withaaccgggggaggcattttgcttcccctgctaacaaaggagacattttA RBSTGgcccaacaatcaccctattcagcagcgatggcagaacagcgtcaccaggagtggttacgttttgtcgacctgcttaagaatgcctaccaaaacgatctccatttaccgttgttaaacctgatgctgacgccagatgagcgcgaagcgttggggactcgcgtgcgtattgtcgaagagctgttgcgcggcgaaatgagccagcgtgagttaaaaaatgaactcggcgcaggcatcgcgacgattacgcgtggatctaacagcctgaaagccgcgcccgtcgagctgcgccagtggctggaagaggtgttgctgaa aagcgattga 118 trpR (O1) withaaccgggggaggcattttgcttcccccgctaacaatggcgacatatt RBSATGgcccaacaatcaccctattcagcagcgatggcagaacagcgtcaccaggagtggttacgttttgtcgacctgcttaagaatgcctaccaaaacgatctccatttaccgttgttaaacctgatgctgacgccagatgagcgcgaagcgttggggactcgcgtgcgtattgtcgaagagctgttgcgcggcgaaatgagccagcgtgagttaagcaatgaactcggcgcaaactggcgcacgattaagcgtggatctaacagcctgaaagccgcgcccgtcgagctgcgccagtggctggaagaggtgttgctgaa aagcgattga 119 Ptrpgagctgttgacaattaatcatcgaactagttaactagtacgc 120 Ptrp(O_(D))gagctgttgacaattaatcatcgagtaagttaacttacacgc 121 Ptrp(O₁)gagctgttgacaattaatcatcgatgtagttaactacaacgc Reference (WT) Amino AcidSequences 122 trpR (WT) MAQQSPYSAAMAEQRHQEWLRFVDLLKNAYQNDLHLPLLNLMLTPDEREALGTRVRIVEE LLRGEMSQRELKNELGAGIATITRGSNSLKAAPVELRQWLEEVLLKSD 123 tynA (WT) MGSPSLYSARKTTLALAVALSFAWQAPVFAHGGEAHMVPMDKTLKEFGADVQWDDYAQLF TLIKDGAYVKVKPGAQTAIVNGQPLALQVPVVMKDNKAWVSDTFINDVFQSGLDQTFQVE KRPHPLNALTADEIKQAVEIVKASADFKPNTRFTEISLLPPDKEAVWAFALENKPVDQPR KADVIMLDGKHIIEAVVDLQNNKLLSWQPIKDAHGMVLLDDFASVQNIINNSEEFAAAVK KRGITDAKKVITTPLTVGYFDGKDGLKQDARLLKVISYLDVGDGNYWAHPIENLVAVVDL EQKKIVKIEEGPVVPVPMTARPFDGRDRVAPAVKPMQIIEPEGKNYTITGDMIHWRNWDF HLSMNSRVGPMISTVTYNDNGTKRKVMYEGSLGGMIVPYGDPDIGWYFKAYLDSGDYGMG TLTSPIARGKDAPSNAVLLNETIADYTGVPMEIPRAIAVFERYAGPEYKHQEMGQPNVST ERRELVVRWISTVGNYDYIFDWIFHENGTIGIDAGATGIEAVKGVKAKTMHDETAKDDTR YGTLIDHNIVGTTHQHIYNFRLDLDVDGENNSLVAMDPVVKPNTAGGPRTSTMQVNQYNI GNEQDAAQKFDPGTIRLLSNPNKENRMGNPVSYQIIPYAGGTHPVAKGAQFAPDEWIYHR LSFMDKQLWVTRYHPGERFPEGKYPNRSTHDTGLGQYSKDNESLDNTDAVVWMTTGTTHV ARAEEWPIMPTEWVHTLLKPWNFFDETPTLGALK KDK 124tyrR (WT) MRLEVFCEDRLGLTRELLDLLVLRGIDLRGIEIDPI GRIYLNFAELEFESFSSLMAEIRRIAGVTDVRTVPWMPSEREHLALSALLEALPEPVL SVDMKSKVDMANPASCQLFGQKLDRLRNHTAAQLINGFNFLRWLESEPQDSHNEHVVING QNFLMEITPVYLQDENDQHVLTGAVVMLRSTIRMGRQLQNVAAQDVSAFSQIVAVSPKMK HVVEQAQKLAMLSAPLLITGDTGTGKDLFAYACHQASPRAGKPYLALNCASIPEDAVESE LFGHAPEGKKGFFEQANGGSVLLDEIGEMSPRMQAKLLRFLNDGTFRRVGEDHEVHVDV RVICATQKNLVELVQKGMFREDLYYRLNVLTLNLPPLRDCPQDIMPLTELFVARFADEQGV PRPKLAADLNTVLTRYAWPGNVRQLKNAIYRALTQLDGYELRPQDILLPDYDAATVAVGED AMEGSLDEITSRFERSVLTQLYRNYPSTRKLAKRLGVSHTAIANKLREYGLSQKKNEE 125 feaR (WT)MNPAVDNEFQQWLSQINQVCGNFTGRLLTERYT GVLETHFAKGLKLSTVTTNGVNLYRTWQEIKGSDDAWFYTVFQLSGQAIMEQDERQVQIGA GDITLLDASRPCSLYWQESSKQISLLLPRTLLEQYFPHQKPVCAERLDADLPMVQLSHRL LQESMNNPALSETESEAALQAMVCLLRPVLHQRESVQPRRERQFQKVVTLIDDNIREEILR PEWIAGETGMSVRSLYRMFADKGLVVAQYIRNRRLDFCADAIRHAADDEKLAGIGFHWG FSDQSHFSTVFKQRFGMTPGEYRRKF R

All plasmids were assembled in E. coli DH10B using the Gibson Assemblyor Golden Gate Assembly methods. EcN was transformed with the purifiedand sequence-verified plasmids for testing. The EcN strain used in thiswork lacks its native plasmids (obtained from DSMZ). The tynA, feaR, andtyrR genes and PtynA, PtyrP, PtyrR, Pmtr, PtyrB, ParoF, and ParoPpromoters were obtained from E. coli MG1655 genomic DNA. pHJY23containing the inactivated tynA gene (see e.g., FIG. 3C) was constructedby removing the internal region (973-2230th bases) of tynA from plasmidpHJY22 by digesting with Eael and ligating the linear product. ThepHJY028 PtynA reporter plasmid was optimized by randomizing the ribosomebinding site for GFP and assaying variants for a response to DA.

Plasmid DNA was isolated using the PureLink Quick Plasmid Miniprep Kit(Invitrogen, Walthem, Mass., USA), and PCR products were extracted fromelectrophoresis gels using the Zymoclean Gel DNA Recovery Kit (ZYMOresearch, Irvine, Calif., USA). Enzymes were purchased from New EnglandBiolabs (Ipswich, Mass., USA). Chemicals were purchased fromSigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, Mo., USA) or Gold Biotechnology (Olivette,Mo., USA). All sequencing was performed by Genewiz (South Plainfield,N.J., USA). Primers were purchased from Integrated DNA Technologies(Coralville, Iowa, USA).

Aromatic Amino Acid Sensing Assay

Everything but (Eb) medium was prepared by supplementing M9 minimalmedium with 1 mM MgSO4, 100 mM CaCl2), 0.4% w/v glucose, and allnon-aromatic amino acids (0.8 mM alanine, 5 mM arginine, 0.4 mMasparagine, 0.4 mM aspartate, 0.1 mM cysteine, 0.6 mM glutamate, 0.6 mMglutamine, 0.8 mM glycine, 0.2 mM histidine, 0.4 mM isoleucine, 0.8 mMleucine, 0.4 mM lysine, 0.2 mM methionine, 0.4 mM proline, 10 mM serine,0.4 mM threonine, and 0.6 mM valine). Single colonies of EcN containingthe relevant sensor plasmids were transferred to 5 mL Eb medium in 14 mLround bottom tubes and incubated overnight at 250 rpm and 37° C.Experimental cultures were prepared by diluting overnight cultures 200×into 0.6 mL fresh Eb medium supplemented with the respective ligands(Phe and Tyr) in 2 mL 96-deep well plates (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany).Cultures were grown for 8 h at 37° C. and 250 rpm before sampled forfluorimetry or flow cytometry analysis. All medium was supplemented withthe relevant antibiotics for plasmid maintenance (34 mg/mlchloramphenicol and 100 mg/ml spectinomycin).

Aromatic Amine Sensing Assays

For fluorescence-based quantification, single colonies were transferredto 5 mL LB medium (VWR, Radnor, Pa., USA) in 14 mL round bottom tubesand incubated overnight at 250 rpm and 37° C. Unless otherwisespecified, experimental cultures were prepared by diluting overnightcultures 100× into 0.6 mL M9 minimal medium supplemented with 1 mMMgSO4, 100 mM CaCl2), and 2% w/v glycerol as well as the respectiveligands (DA, PEA, Tyra, and Trypta) in 2 mL 96-deep well plates.Cultures were grown for 24 h at 37° C. and 250 rpm. After 5 h and 24 hof incubation, samples were obtained from the cultures for flowcytometry analysis.

For growth-based library screening, b/a (encoding b-lactamase) and sacB(encoding levansucrase) were incorporated downstream of gfp in thepHJY028 reporter plasmid (see e.g., TABLE 4). For optimization, ribosomebinding site libraries were designed for b/a and sacB using the RBSCalculator (see e.g., TABLE 6). The optimization resulted in reporterpCX008. To test sensor variants using the pCX008 reporter, singlecolonies were transferred to 0.6 mL LB medium in 2 mL 96-deep wellplates and incubated overnight at 250 rpm and 37° C. The overnightcultures were diluted 50× into 0.6 mL M9 minimal medium supplementedwith 1 mM MgSO4, 100 mM CaCl2, and 2% w/v glycerol in 2 mL 96-well deepwell plates. For positive selection, cultures were supplemented with 300mg/mL carbenicillin. Cultures were then incubated for 2 h at 250 rpm and37° C. After the 2 h incubation, 2 mL of cells were plated onto M9 agarplates supplemented with 2% glycerol and either 300 mg/mL carbenicillinand 1 mM of the amine of interest (positive selection) or 5% (w/v)sucrose and 1 mM of the non-desired amines (negative selection). Plateswere incubated overnight at 37° C.

Fluorimetry

200 mL culture samples were collected and transferred to 96-well assaymicroplates (clear, flat bottom black, Greiner Bio-One). Thefluorescence and culture absorbance (Abs) were measured using a Tecanmicroplate reader (Infinite M200 Pro) as previously described. Thefluorescence of GFP was measured with an excitation at 483 nm andemission at 530 nm. The Abs of the samples was measured at 600 nm. Themeasured fluorescence was normalized by dividing by the Abs andsubtracting the same ratio obtained from non-fluorescent wild-type cells(Equation 1).

$\begin{matrix}{{{Fluorescence}({au})} = {\frac{{Fluorescence}_{sample}}{{{Abs}( {600{nm}} )}_{sample}} - \frac{{Fluorescence}_{{wild} - {type}}}{{{Abs}( {600{nm}} )}_{sample}}}} & {{Equation}1}\end{matrix}$

Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometry was performed as previously described. Culture sampleswere collected and diluted to a final OD600 of ˜0.005-0.01 in 200 mLfiltered phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 2 mg/ml kanamycinin 96-well assay microplates (U-bottom, REF-353910 from BD Biosciences,San Jose, Calif., USA). The fluorescence of the samples was measuredusing a Millipore Guava EasyCyte High Throughput flow cytometer with a488 nm excitation laser and 512/18 nm emission filter. Cytometry datawas gated by forward and side scatter. FlowJo (TreeStar Inc.) was usedto obtain the arithmetic mean of the fluorescence distribution. Theaverages of the arithmetic means were calculated from three biologicalreplicates. The average fluorescence of the non-fluorescent wild-typecell was subtracted from each sample to obtain the final fluorescence(au) values (Equation 2). To obtain the relative fluorescence in FIG.6A-FIG. 6C, fluorescence values for each variant were normalized to thefluorescence of the wild-type sensor using Equation 3.

$\begin{matrix}{{{Fluorescence}{}({au})} = {{Fluorescence}_{sample} - {Fluorescence}_{{wild} - {type}}}} & {{Equation}2}\end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{{{Relative}{Fluorescence}} = \frac{{Fluroescence}_{{Amine}{variant}} - {Fluorescence}_{{No}{amine}{variant}}}{{Fluorescence}_{{Amine}{WT}{FeaR}} - {Fluorscence}_{{No}{amine}{WT}{FeaR}}}} & {{Equation}3}\end{matrix}$

Hill Equation Fitting

The Hill equation (Equations 4 and 5) was used to fit lines to thefluorescence data. The model was fit to the experimentally collecteddata by minimizing the root mean square error (RMSE; Equation 6). Fittedvalues are listed in TABLE 2.

For repressible constructs:

$\begin{matrix}{F = {F_{\max} - \frac{( {F_{\max} - F_{\min)}} }{1 + ( \frac{K_{A}}{\lbrack L\rbrack} )^{n}}}} & {{Equation}4}\end{matrix}$

For inducible constructs:

$\begin{matrix}{F = {F_{\min} + \frac{( {F_{\max} - F_{\min)}} }{1 + ( \frac{K_{A}}{\lbrack L\rbrack} )^{n}}}} & {{Equation}5}\end{matrix}$

where

F=Calculated fluorescence

F_(max)=Maximum fluorescence

F_(min)=Minimum fluorescence

K_(A)=Half maximal constant

n=Hill coefficient

[L]=Ligand concentration

$\begin{matrix}{{RMSE} = {\sqrt{\sum\limits_{N = 1}^{N}}\frac{( {F - F_{\exp}} )^{2}}{N}}} & {{Equation}6}\end{matrix}$

where

F=Calculated fluorescence

F_(exp)=Actual experimental fluorescence

N=Number of data points

FeaR Protein Modeling

FeaR structural motifs were annotated using the MOTIF Search web tool.Structural predictions were made using the comparative modeling functionof the Robetta web server with the wild-type or mutant FeaR amino acidsequences as inputs. Predicted structures were used as the basis forligand docking simulations. Three-dimensional conformers of thealdehydes of DA, PEA, Tyra, and Trypta were generated using Chem3D 16.0(PerkinElmer, Waltham, Mass.). Ligand conformer and proteinstructure.pdb files were uploaded to the Rosetta Ligand Docking Serverhosted by ROSIE, with the ligand of interest initially centered at thecoordinates of the 81st residue's side chain. All protein structureswere visualized using PyMOL 2.4.1 (Schrodinger, Inc., New York, N.Y.).Values for amino acid size and hydropathy index were obtained fromliterature for the analysis in FIG. 5D and are shown in TABLE 3.

Quantification and Statistical Analysis

All statistical details of experiments, including significance criteriaand sample size can be found in the figure legends. No sample sizecalculations were performed during the design of experiments. No sampleswere excluded.

Example 2: Engineering of a Tryptamine Biosensor

This example describes design and development of a tryptamine biosensor.

Tryptamine specific biosensors were first designed by genetic partsswapping. Three types of tynA and feaR genes from E. coli K-12 MG1655(MG), Klebsiella aerogenes (KA), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP), and twotypes of PtynA sequences were chosen and tested in 18 differentcombinations (see e.g., FIG. 30). PtynA-KP/KA was constructed byreplacing the FeaR binding sites of PtynA-MG with those from Klebsiellaspecies. Sequences of those constructs are shown in TABLE 7.

TABLE 7 Genetic constructs used in this work. SEQ ID Recombinant NO: DNASequence Source 126 tynA-KA atggcaaacggcttgatgttttcccctcgtaaaaccgcKlebsiella gctggcgctggctgtcgcggtggtttgcgcctggcaat aerogenescaccggtcttcgctcacggtagcgaagcgcacatgg ATCC15038tgccgttggataaaacgctgcaggcgttcggcgccg genomeatgtgcagtgggatgactacgcgcaaatgttcaccctgataaaagacggcgcttacgtcaaagtaaaacccg gcgccaaaacggcgatcgtcaacggtaaaccccttgatctacaggtgccggtagtaatgaaggaaggtaaagcctgggtctccgatacctttatcaacgatgtattccagtccggtctcgatcagaccttccaggtagaaaaacgccctcacccgttaaattcgctctcggcggcggaaatcggtgaagcagtgaccattgttaaagccgcgccggagttccagccgaatacccgctttactgagatttccttacacgagccggataaagcggcggtatgggcctttgccct gcagggaacacccgttgatgccccccgcaccgccgatgtggtgatgctcgatggcaaacatgtcattgaagccgtcgtcgatctgcaaaacaaaaaaatcctctcatggacgccgattaaaggcgcccacgggatggtcttgcttgatgacttcgtcagcgtgcagaacattatcaatgccagcagcgagttcgctgaggtgctgaaaaagcacggtattaccgaccccagtaaggtggtcaccaccccgctcaccgtcggctactttgatggcaaagatggcctgcagcaggatgcgcgtctgctgaaagtcgtcagttatctggataccggcgacggcaactactgggcgcacccgattgaa aacctggtggcggtggtcgaccttgaagcgaagaaaatcatcaaaatcgaagaaggcccggtgatcccgg taccgatggagccacgtccgtatgatggtcgcgaccgcaacgccccggcggtgaaaccgctggagataac cgaaccggaaggcaaaaactacacgatcaccggcgataccattcactggcggaactgggattttcatctgcgcctgaactcgcgcgtcgggcccattctctcgacggtgacttacaacgacaacggcacaaaacgccaggtgatgtatgaaggttccctcggcgggatgatcgtcccctacggcgacccggacgtcggctggtatttcaaagcctatctggactccggcgattacggcatgggcaccctgacgtcgccgattgttcgcggtaaagatgcgccgtcaaatgcggtactgctggacgaaactatcgccgattacaccggcaaaccgaccactattccaggcgcggtcgccatattcgaacgctatgccgggcctgagtataagcacctgga aatgggcaaacccaacgtcagcaccgaacgccgggaactggtggtgcgctggatcagtaccgtcgggaactatgattatatctttgactgggtgttccatgacaacggcaccatcggtatcgatgccggcgccaccggcattgaa gccgttaaaggcgtgaaggcgaagaccatgcacgaccccagcgccaaagaggatacccgctacgggac gctaatcgaccataatattgtcggcaccacccaccagcatatttataatttccgectcgatctcgacgtggacggcgaaaacaacaccctggtggcgatggatcctgaag tgaagccaaacaccgccggcggcccgcgcaccagcaccatgcaggtgaatcagtacacaatcgatagcg agcagaaagcggcgcagaaattcgaccctggcactatccgcctgctgagcaacaccagcaaagagaaccgcatgggtaacccggtctcttaccagattatcccttatgccggcggcacgcatccggcggcgaccggcgccaa gttcgccccggacgagtggatatatcatcgcctgagctttatggataaacagctgtgggtgacgcgttaccacccgacagagcgttatccggaagggaaatatcccaac cgttccgcccaggataccggcttaggccagtacgcgaaggatgatgagtcgctgactaaccacgacgacgt cgtgtggatcaccaccggcaccacccacgtcgcgcgcgccgaagagtggccaattatgccgaccgagtgggcgcatgcgctgctcaaaccgtggaacttctttgacg aaaccccaacgcttggcgagaagaaaaagtaa127 tynA-KP ATGGCAAATGGACTGAAATTCAGCC IDT CTCGTAAAACAGCTCTTGCCCTGGCCGTTGCCGTCGTTTGTGCTTGGCAA TCCCCTGTGTTTGCTCACGGTTCCGAGGCACATATGGTACCCTTGGACAA AACATTACAGGAGTTTGGGGCCGACGTTCAGTGGGACGACTACGCACAGA TGTTTACTCTTATCAAGGACGGAGCTTATGTGAAAGTCAAGCCTGGAGCAA AAACTGCAATTGTAAATGGAAAGTCTTTAGATCTTCCCGTCCCGGTTGTGAT GAAGGAAGGCAAAGCCTGGGTTAGCGACACTTTTATCAATGATGTGTTTCA ATCCGGCCTTGATCAGACCTTTCAGGTGGAAAAGCGTCCTCATCCCTTGA ATAGTTTGAGTGCAGCCGAGATCTCTGAGGCTGTTACAATCGTTAAGGCA GCTCCGGAATTTCAACCAAATACCCGCTTTACAGAGATTTCATTGCACGAA CCGGACAAGGCTGCGGTCTGGGCTTTTGCCCTGCAAGGTACGCCAGTTG ATGCACCGCGTACCGCGGACGTCGTCATGTTAGACGGTAAGCATGTTATC GAAGCAGTAGTAGACTTGCAGAATAAAAAAATTCTTTCGTGGACTCCGATT AAGGGGGCCCACGGTATGGTCCTGTTAGACGATTTCGTCTCCGTACAAAAC ATTATCAATGCCTCATCCGAGTTTGCAGAGGTCTTGAAAAAACACGGAATT ACTGACCCGGGGAAAGTCGTGACAACTCCCCTGACTGTAGGTTTTTTTGAT GGCAAGGATGGATTGCAACAAGACGCACGCCTGTTAAAAGTCGTCTCGTAT CTGGATACGGGTGATGGTAATTACTGGGCGCACCCTATCGAGAACTTAGT GGCCGTAGTTGACCTGGAGGCCAAGAAAATTATCAAAATCGAAGAAGGTC CAGTGATTCCCGTACCGATGGAGCCCCGTCCATACGATGGGCGCGACCG CAATGCCCCAGCTGTCAAACCTCTGGAAATCACAGAGCCTGAAGGGAAAA ATTATACTATTACTGGTGATACTATCCACTGGCAGAATTGGGACTTCCATC TGCGTCTTAATAGTCGCGTGGGACCCATTTTATCAACAGTCACTTACAATG ACAATGGGACAAAGCGTCAGGTGATGTATGAGGGTAGTCTTGGGGGGATG ATTGTCCCCTACGGTGATCCTGATGTAGGGTGGTATTTCAAAGCTTATCTT GACTCCGGCGATTACGGCATGGGAACGCTTACGTCGCCTATTGTTCGTGG CAAAGATGCTCCCTCGAATGCCGTTCTTTTGGATGAGACGATCGCTGATTA CACAGGCAAGCCTACTACGATTCCGGGGGCGGTGGCGATTTTTGAACGTT ACGCAGGACCTGAGTACAAACACCTTGAGATGGGAAAGCCCAATGTCAGC ACTGAACGCCGTGAGCTTGTCGTACGTTGGATCTCAACCGTTGGTAATTAT GACTATATTTTCGACTGGGTATTTCACGACAATGGAACGATTGGCATCGAT GCTGGGGCTACAGGGATCGAGGCAGTGAAAGGAGTGTTGGCAAAAACTA TGCATGACCCTTCGGCTAAAGAGGATACACGCTACGGCACTCTGATTGAC CACAACATTGTGGGTACAACGCATCAGCACATCTATAACTTTCGTTTGGAC CTTGACGTTGATGGGGAGAATAACACGCTTGTCGCGATGGACCCGGAAGT TAAGCCGAATACTGCGGGTGGTCCGCGCACGTCAACTATGCAAGTTAACC AGTACACGATCGACAGCGAGCAAAAGGCGGCTCAAAAATTCGATCCAGGA ACAATTCGTCTTTTATCTAATACCTCGAAGGAAAACCGTATGGGCAACCCG GTGTCCTACCAGATCATCCCATATGCAGGCGGTACTCACCCTGCCGCTAC CGGAGCCAAGTTTGCGCCCGACGAGTGGATTTATCACCGCCTGTCCTTTA TGGACAAACAATTATGGGTAACCCGTTACCACCCGACTGAACGCTATCCT GAAGGTAAGTACCCAAATCGCAGCGCACATGATACTGGATTAGGGCAATAT GCTAAGGATGATGAGTCATTGACTAACCACGATGACGTTGTGTGGATCAC GACAGGAACCACTCATGTAGCGCGTGCAGAGGAGTGGCCTATTATGCCAA CGGAATGGGCGCATGCACTTCTGAAACCTTGGAACTTTTTTGATGAGACTC CGACGTTAGGTGAAAAGAAGAAATG A 128 feaR-KAATGGCGACAGTAGAATCCGGTCAAG IDT ATTATCAGCGCTGGTTGGCTAAGATTAACCAGGTATGCGGGCACTTCGCTG CACGCCCGCTTGGAGACGAATTTCACGGGGAAATTGATGCGTCGTACACC GGTTCGTTGAAGGTAAGTACGGTCACAGCACGCGGCGTAAACTTATATCG TACTCGTAACGAGATTAAACGTGACAACGACGCATGGTTCTATACAGTGTT CCAGTTGGAAGGGCAAGCAGCTATTGAGCAGGATGAGCGCCAGGTCGCG TTAGAGGCAGGAGATATTACATTGATCGACGCTAGTCGCCCCTGCAGTATT TTCTGGCAACACACATCTAAGCAGGCATCACTTCTTCTTCCGCGCCAATTA GTCGAGAGCCAATTGCATGGAGGAGACATCTCTATTGCGACACGTTTGAAT AAAACGCTGCCTATGGTCCAATTAAGTCAACGTCTTCTGCAAGAATCTCTT CGCAGTCCTGCATTAAGTGAGTCGGAGGGGGAAGCGGCATTAGAGGCCA TTATCTGTCTTCTGCGCCCCATGCTGCTGCAACAAGACGCTCCGCCTACTC GCCGTGATAAACAGTTCCAAAAAATTATGGCTTTGATTGACGAATCCATCCA ATCTGAGCAACTTCGCCCAGAATGGCTGGCGGGCGAAACAGGAATGAGT GTTCGTAGTCTGTACCGCCTGTTCGCTGATAAAGGACTTGTGGTTGCTCA GTATATTAAGAATCGCCGCTTGGATCTGTGTGCTCGTGCATTGCAGAATGC ACATGATGAAGAAAAATTGGCAGGGATCGGGTACTCATGGGGCTTCTCAG ATCACTCGCATTTCAGCACAGCGTTCAAGCAGCGCTTCGGCGTATCCCCA GGCGAGTATCGTAAGCGTTACCGCT GA 129 feaR-KPATGCCCGAAGCCACTCAAATGCAAC IDT AATGTGGCAATATCGTTATCACTGGGGAAGGTCGTATGATGACAACTGCG GAGGGTGGTTTAGCATATCAACGCTGGTTGGCAACCATTAACCAAGTGTG TGGTCACTTTGCTGCGCGTCCCTTAAAGGAAAGTTTCCACGGTGAAATCG ATGCTCGCTATGCGGGGTCGTTAAAGGTGTCTACCGTTACTGCTGCAGGA GTCAACCTTTATCGCACGCGTAATGAAATCAAACGCGATAACGATGCATG GTTCTATACTGTCTTCCAGTTGGCTGGCGAAGCGATCATCGAACAGGATGA TCGCCAAGTGACGCTGGCAGCAGGGGATATTACCCTTATTGACGCCGCC CGCCCATGTAGCATTGTATGGCAGCAAACATCGCGTCAAGCGTCACTTTTA TTACCCCGCCAACGTGTAGCACCGACAGGTGATATTACAACAGCGTGTCG CTTGGACAAGAGCCTTCCTATGGTACAACTGTCACAACGTCTTTTGTTAGA GTCGATGGGCGGAACGACTCTGTCCGCGTCAGAGTCTGAGGCGGCTCTG GAAGCAATCGCCTGCTTATTACGCCCCGTGCTTCATCAGCGTGATCCAGC GCCGAGTCGCCGTGTCAAACAGTTTCAGAAGATCATTGCGTTAATCGATG CTAGTATTCAAAGCGAACACTTGCGTCCCGAATGGTTGGCAAGCGAAACCG GAATGAGTGTACGCTCTTTATACCGTCTGTTTGCCGATCAAGGGCTGGTAG TTGCCCAGTACATCAAGAATCGCCGTCTTGACTTGTGTGCCCAAGCTCTTC AGAATGTGCACGATGACGAGAAATTAGCCGGTATTGGTTATCGTTGGGGA TTTTCTGACCATTCTCACTTCAGTACTGCTTTCAAGCAGCGTTTCGGAGTT ACGCCCGGGCAGTACCGTAAACGCT GTCGTTAA 130PtynA-KP/KA tatgaacgtctggcaaaactgacaaacaagctggc This workaaaagcaaacaaacccctttgcatcagtactgataatgtgaacctgactaaaccgcccacagagcgcggttg ctaacaagaacacaacagaaagaggggttaata

Next, significant enhancement of fluorescence intensity induced byTryptamine was shown in the engineered sensor systems containing FeaR-KA(see e.g., FIG. 31). Moreover, a Tryptamine specific variant I109N wasdiscovered using a sensor system with PtynA-MG, TynA-KP and FeaR-KA asthe wild type (VVT) for further directed evolution (see e.g., FIG. 32).The Tryptamine specific variant I109N shows induction of fluorescence inresponse to tryptamine but not dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), ortyramine (Tyra) (see e.g., FIG. 32). Transfer curves for thetryptamine-specific FeaR-KA I109N sensor after 5 or 24 hours ofinduction further illustrate the specificity of the sensor fortryptamine (see e.g., FIG. 33A-FIG. 33B).

What is claimed is:
 1. An engineered molecular sensor comprising: anengineered regulator protein or enzyme (e.g., TrpR, TyrR, TynA, FeaR)comprising a ligand-protein binding site; a reporter (comprising asignaling moiety, e.g., GFP); and a promoter (e.g., PtyrP) capable ofinducing or repressing the reporter in the presence or absence of atarget aromatic compound bound to the engineered molecular sensor,wherein, the engineered regulator protein or the ligand-protein bindingsite or a sequence encoding the engineered regulator protein or theligand-protein binding site of the engineered regulator protein is atleast about 80% identical to a WT regulator protein or a WT regulatorligand-protein binding site; or a sequence encoding the engineeredregulator protein or ligand binding site thereof is at least about 80%identical to a sequence encoding the WT regulator protein or the WTregulator ligand-protein binding site; or functional fragment thereof,the engineered regulator protein having ligand binding activity; andwherein the engineered molecular sensor is optionally genomicallyintegrated into a microorganism, optionally selected from a probiotic oris a purified cell-free sensor.
 2. The engineered molecular sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the engineered regulator protein or enzyme is anengineered TrpR, TyrR, TynA, or FeaR protein.
 3. The engineeredmolecular sensor of claim 1, wherein (a) the engineered regulatorprotein is an engineered TyrR and is an aromatic amino acid-specificsensor, wherein the aromatic amino acid-specific sensor is aphenylalanine (Phe)- or a tyrosine (Tyr)-specific sensor; (b) theengineered regulator protein or enzyme is an engineered FeaR or TynA andis an aromatic amine-specific sensor, wherein the aromaticamine-specific sensor is a dopamine (DA)-, phenylethylamine (PEA)-,tyramine (Tyra)-, or tryptamine (Trypta)-specific sensor; or (c) theengineered regulator protein is an engineered TrpR and is a tryptophan(Trp)-, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP)-, or tryptamine (Trpta)-specificsensor.
 4. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein theengineered regulator protein or enzyme is an engineered TrpR, TyrR,TynA, or FeaR, and wherein the engineered TrpR, TyrR, TynA, or FeaRcomprises at least one mutation to a ligand-protein binding site havingspecific amino acid binding activity.
 5. The engineered molecular sensorof claim 3, wherein: PEA induces reporter expression; Phe inducesreporter expression; or Tyr represses or induces reporter expression. 6.The engineered molecular sensor of claim 3, wherein: carboxylic acids3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), phenylacetic acid (PAA),4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPPA), or indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) do notinduce reporter expression or wherein IAA induces reporter expression.7. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein the engineeredregulator protein is an engineered TyrR and the engineered TyrRcomprises one or more of the following mutations: E274Q+T14V mutationsin TyrR inducing reporter expression in the presence of Phe; E274Q+D103Smutations in TyrR inducing reporter expression in the presence of Phe;or an R10F mutation in TyrR repressing reporter expression in thepresence of Tyr, wherein TyrR protein sequence is at least about 80%identical to SEQ ID NO: 124 or TyrR ligand binding site is at leastabout 80% identical to residues 7-274 of SEQ ID NO: 124; a polypeptideencoded by SEQ ID NO: 11 or the WT ligand binding site sequence; orfunctional fragment or conservative substitution thereof of TyrR havingligand binding functional activity.
 8. A TyrR-based selective orspecific sensor specifically detecting phenylalanine (Phe) or tyrosine(Tyr) comprising: a TyrR or functional mutant or variant thereof; and areporter gene (comprising a signaling moiety, e.g., GFP) operably linkedto an inducible promoter (e.g., PtyrP promoter).
 9. The TyrR-basedsensor of claim 8, wherein the inducible promoter comprises anactivating response to Phe or a repressing response to Tyr or both Pheand Tyr.
 10. The TyrR-based sensor of claim 8, wherein TyrR is selectedfrom: wild type (VVT) TyrR (SEQ ID NO: 124) or having at least about 80%identity to WT TyrR (SEQ ID NO: 124) and the reporter gene overexpressesif Phe is present; TyrR or TyrR having at least about 80% identity toTyrR comprising the mutation E274Q and the reporter gene overexpressesin the presence of Phe and Phe+Tyr; TyrR or TyrR having at least about80% identity to TyrR comprising the mutation E274Q+T14V and the reportergene overexpresses in the presence of Phe and Phe+Tyr and the reportergene does not overexpress with Tyr in the absence of Phe; TyrR or TyrRhaving at least about 80% identity to TyrR comprising the mutationE274Q+D103S and the reporter gene overexpresses in the presence of Pheand Phe+Tyr and the reporter gene does not overexpress with Tyr in theabsence of Phe; or TyrR or TyrR having at least about 80% identity toTyrR comprising the mutation R10F and the reporter gene is repressedwith Tyr or Tyr+Phe and the reporter gene does not overexpress in theabsence of Tyr.
 11. The TyrR-based sensor of claim 8, wherein, thesensor is a target aromatic compound-inducible sensor or target aromaticcompound-repressible sensor selected from: a Phe-inducible TyrR system(e.g., E274Q, E274Q+T14V, E274Q+D103H, E274Q+D103S), or Tyr-repressibleTyrR system (e.g., R10F).
 12. The TyrR-based sensor of claim 8, for useto kinetically diagnose or treat disorders that cause Phe-dysregulationwithout interference from intestinal Tyr.
 13. The TyrR-based sensor ofclaim 8, comprising E274Q+T14V or E274Q+D103S variants of TyrR andwherein the TyrR-based sensor is sensitive to Phe in the presence orabsence of Tyr and does not respond to Tyr alone.
 14. The TyrR-basedsensor of claim 8, comprising R10F variant of TyrR and wherein theTyrR-based sensor exhibits about a 12-fold repression in the presence ofTyr independent of the presence of Phe.
 15. The TyrR-based sensor ofclaim 8, wherein the TyrR sensor has no significant response to Phealone.
 16. The TyrR-based sensor of claim 8, wherein a significantresponse is: under about 4000 au, under about 3000 au, or preferably ator under about 2000 au for Phe-inducible sensor; or above about 2000 auor preferably at or above 2000 au for a Phe-repressible sensor.
 17. Theengineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein the engineered regulatorprotein or enzyme comprises an engineered FeaR or TynA or both and theengineered FeaR or TynA comprises one or more of the followingmutations: a G494S mutation in TynA inducing reporter expression in thepresence of PEA; a G494S mutation in TynA and A81T mutation in FeaR(e.g., G494S*) inducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; aG494S mutation in TynA and A81S mutation in FeaR inducing reporterexpression in the presence of PEA; a A81T or A81S mutation in FeaRinducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA and Tyra; a A81Tmutation in FeaR inducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; anA81T mutation in FeaR and S414M mutation in TynA inducing reporterexpression in the presence of PEA; an A81T mutation in FeaR and G415Hmutation in TynA inducing reporter expression in the presence of PEA; anA81L, A81P, A81I, or A81N mutation in FeaR inducing reporter expressionin the presence of PEA; a S414M or G415H mutation in TynA inducingreporter expression in the presence of Tyra; a G415H mutation in TynAinducing reporter expression in the presence of Tyra; a G415H mutationin TynA inducing reporter expression in the presence of Tyra and PEA; aM83Y mutation in FeaR inducing reporter expression in the presence ofPEA; a M83N mutation in FeaR inducing reporter expression in thepresence of Tyra; a Fear-KA mutant inducing reporter expression in thepresence of Trypta; a tynA-KA or tynA-KP inducing reporter expression inthe presence of Trypta; a I109N tynA-KA inducing reporter inducingexpression in the presence of Trypta; a I109N FeaR-KA inducing reporterinducing expression in the presence of Trypta; a Q76, Q116, L108(T),W110(S), or W110(C) FeaR mutation; a D413 or Y496 TynA mutation; orPtynA-MG, TynA-KP, or FeaR-KA inducing reporter inducing expression inthe presence of Trypta and does not induce expression in the presence ofdopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), or tyramine (Tyra), wherein theFeaR or TynA protein sequence or ligand binding site of FeaR or TynA isat least about 80% identical to a polypeptide encoded by the WT FeaRsequence of SEQ ID NO: 36 or WT TynA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32 or WTligand binding site or functional fragment or conservative substitutionthereof and has ligand-binding activity.
 18. A selective sensor forspecifically detecting target aromatic compounds (e.g., Phe, Tyr, PEA,Tyra) comprising: a molecular sensor according to claim 1 or anengineered microorganism (e.g., an E. coli strain) capable of expressingnative or non-native FeaR and TynA (or functional fragments,conservative substitutions, mutants, or variants thereof); and apromoter-reporter system comprising a reporter gene under the control ofa promoter capable of being induced or repressed by one or more targetaromatic compounds (e.g., Phe, Tyr, PEA, Tyra) or enzymatic-reactionproduct thereof (e.g., aromatic aldehyde, aromatic carboxylic acid) andproducing an output response (e.g., increased expression or repression).19. The selective sensor of claim 18, wherein the output response is arepression of the reporter (e.g., signaling or detection moiety, such asGFP) expression.
 20. The selective sensor of claim 18, wherein theoutput response is an overexpression of the reporter (e.g., signaling ordetection moiety, such as GFP).
 21. The selective sensor of claim 18,further comprising one or more enzymes or transcription factors.
 22. Aselective sensor for specifically detecting aromatic amines (e.g., PEA,Tyra, DA, Trypta) or aromatic aldehydes thereof comprising: a TynA andFeaR protein (or a functional mutant or variant thereof); and a reportergene (comprising a signaling moiety, e.g., GFP) operably linked to aninducible promoter (e.g., PtynA promoter).
 23. The selective sensor ofclaim 22, wherein the selective sensor induces expression of PtynA inresponse to aromatic aldehydes, but not aromatic amines.
 24. Theselective sensor of claim 22, wherein the TynA protein or mutant variantthereof is selective to a specific aromatic amine.
 25. The selectivesensor of claim 22, wherein TynA converts periplasmic amines (e.g., PEA,Tyra, DA, Trypta) to aldehydes which are imported into the cytoplasm;and in the cytoplasm, FeaR induces expression from the PtynA promoterexpressing a reporter gene (e.g., detectable signal moiety) when in thepresence of aldehydes.
 26. The selective sensor of claim 22, wherein theselective sensor is selective to PEA and Tyra.
 27. The selective sensorof claim 22, wherein either TynA or FeaR or both are engineered forselectivity.
 28. The selective sensor of claim 22, wherein the sensorcomprises G494S mutation in TynA and optionally A81T mutation in theFeaR protein (i.e., double mutant sensor (G494S*)).
 29. The selectivesensor of claim 22, wherein the selective sensor is a Tyra-specificvariant, comprises G415H mutation in TynA.
 30. The selective sensor ofclaim 22, wherein G415H mutation in TynA induces expression of areporter by about 200-fold and/or about 79-fold in response to Tyra andPEA, respectively, with minimal response to DA and Trypta.
 31. Theselective sensor of claim 22, wherein A81T FeaR mutation with WT TynA isPEA and Tyra non-selective; S414M TynA and WT FeaR is slightly Tyraselective; S141M TynA and A81T FeaR is PEA selective; G415H TynA and WTFeaR is Tyra selective; or G415H TynA and A81T FeaR is PEA selective.32. The selective sensor of claim 22, wherein FeaR A81L, A81P, A81I, andA81N are PEA-specific variants.
 33. The selective sensor of claim 22,wherein Tyra-selective sensors (S414M or G415H TynA) can be transformedinto PEA-specific sensors by introducing A81T FeaR; sensor sensitivity(G494S TynA) can be improved by A81T or A81S FeaR mutations; or PEA-Tyraselective sensors (A81T or A81S FeaR) can become PEA-specific sensorswhen combined with G494S TynA.
 34. The engineered molecular sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the engineered regulator protein is an engineered TrpRand the engineered TrpR comprises one or more of the followingmutations: the TrpR variant is O_(D) or O₁, repressing reporterexpression in the presence of Trp and 5-HTP, but not Trypta, wherein theprotein sequence or ligand binding site sequence of TrpR is at leastabout 80% identical to a polypeptide encoded by the WT TrpR sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 113 or WT ligand binding site sequence or functional fragmentor conservative substitution thereof and has ligand-binding activity.35. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein the referencenucleotide sequence encoding TrpR is SEQ ID NO: 113 and the referenceamino acid sequence for TrpR is SEQ ID NO: 122; the reference nucleotidesequence encoding TyrR is SEQ ID NO: 11 and the reference amino acidsequence for TyrR is SEQ ID NO: 124; the reference nucleotide sequenceencoding FeaR is SEQ ID NO: 36 and the reference amino acid sequence forFeaR is SEQ ID NO: 125; or the reference nucleotide sequence encodingTynA is SEQ ID NO: 32 and the reference amino acid sequence for TynA isSEQ ID NO:
 123. 36. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, whereinthe engineered regulator protein or enzyme (e.g., TyrR, FeaR, TynA, orTrpR) or the ligand binding site of the engineered regulator protein orenzyme comprises at least 80% identity to a polypeptide encoded by SEQID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO: 36, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 113; at least 80%identity to SEQ ID NO: 122 (TrpR WT), SEQ ID NO: 123 (tynA WT), SEQ IDNO: 124 (tyrR WT), or SEQ ID NO: 125 (fear WT); or at least 80% identityto D413 to Y496 of SEQ ID NO: 123, C7 to E274 of SEQ ID NO: 124, W12 toS118 of SEQ ID NO: 125, A81 to W110 of SEQ ID NO: 125, Q76 to Q116 ofSEQ ID NO: 125, K72 to T83 of SEQ ID NO: 122, or a functional fragmentor conservative substitution thereof.
 37. The engineered molecularsensor of claim 1, wherein the K_(A) value of the engineered regulatorprotein is less than the K_(A) value of the wild type regulator proteinin the presence of a target aromatic compound; the K_(A) value of theengineered TyrR sensor is between about 0.05 mM and about 0.3 mMoptionally in human intestines, serum, or urine; or the K_(A) value ofthe engineered TynA-FeaR is between about 0.001 mM and about 0.1 mMoptionally in plasma or food.
 38. The engineered molecular sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the presence of a target aromatic compound induces orrepresses reporter gene expression of the engineered regulator proteinor enzyme compared to the wild type regulator protein or enzyme.
 39. Theengineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein the engineered regulatorprotein or enzyme has a selectivity, induction, or repression responsethat is greater than wild type.
 40. The engineered molecular sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the regulator protein or enzyme or the regulatorprotein or enzyme binding site is modified to increase selectivity. 41.The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein the engineeredmolecular sensor is a ligand-specific biosensor for phenylalanine,tyrosine, phenylethylamine, or tyramine.
 42. The engineered molecularsensor of claim 1, wherein the engineered molecular sensor is directlytransferred into probiotic organisms or purified for cell-free sensorapplication.
 43. A selective sensor for specifically detecting targetaromatic compounds (e.g., Phe, Tyr) comprising: an engineeredmicroorganism (e.g., an E. coli strain) comprising the engineeredmolecular sensor according to claim 1 capable of expressing native ornon-native TrpR (or functional mutants or variants thereof); and apromoter-reporter system comprising a reporter gene (e.g., GFP) underthe control of a promoter (e.g., Ptrp) capable of being induced orrepressed by one or more target aromatic compounds and producing anoutput response (e.g., increased expression or repression of thereporter gene).
 44. The selective sensor of claim 43, wherein the TrpRis a TrpR variant O_(D) or O₁, each with a synthetic Ptrp promoter, theselective sensor having strong repression in the presence of Trp and5-HTP, but not Trypta.
 45. The selective sensor of claim 43, wherein agenomic copy of wild-type trpR is knocked out from the engineeredmicroorganism selected from an E. coli strain (e.g., EcN).
 46. Theselective sensor of claim 43, wherein the WT TrpR system has strongrepression of GFP expression with fold repressions of 120-fold, 20-fold,and 7-fold in response to Trp, 5-HTP, and Trpta, respectively.
 47. Theselective sensor of claim 43, wherein the engineered TrpR variantsmaintain strong repression in the presence of Trp and 5-HTP, but notTrypta.
 48. The selective sensor of claim 44, wherein the O_(D) variantdemonstrates about 5-fold and about 7-fold repression in response to Trpand 5-HTP, respectively.
 49. The selective sensor of claim 44, whereinthe O₁ variant demonstrates about 60-fold and about 15-fold repressionin response to Trp and 5-HTP, respectively.
 50. The selective sensor ofclaim 43, wherein the target aromatic compounds are one or more oftryptophan (Trp), 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), or tryptamine (Trypta).51. An artificial DNA construct comprising, as operably associatedcomponents in the 5′ to 3′ direction of transcription: (a) a promoterfunctional in a microorganism (e.g., transgenic microorganism, wild typemicroorganism); (b) a first polynucleotide comprising a nucleotidesequence encoding (i) a first polypeptide having TrpR activity; (ii) asecond polypeptide having TyrR activity; or (iii) a first polypeptidehaving FeaR activity and a second polynucleotide comprising a nucleotidesequence encoding a second polypeptide having TynA activity; (c) areporter gene (e.g., GFP); and (d) a transcriptional terminationsequence; wherein, the microorganism is capable of expressing native ornon-native (i) TrpR; (ii) TyrR; or (iii) FeaR and TynA (or functionalmutants or variants thereof); and the microorganism specificallyexpresses or represses reporter gene expression compared to amicroorganism not comprising the artificial DNA construct in thepresence or absence of aromatic compounds.
 52. A microbial sensorselected from an engineered wild type or transgenic microorganismtransformed with the artificial DNA construct of claim
 51. 53. Themicrobial sensor of claim 52, wherein the wild type or transgenicmicroorganism is selected from Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN),DH10B, or E. coli MG1655.
 54. The microbial sensor of claim 52, whereinthe selective sensor is selective for an aromatic compound and thearomatic compound is an aromatic amino acid selected from phenylalanine(Phe), tyrosine (Tyr), and tryptophan (Trp), and combinations thereof.55. The microbial sensor of claim 52, wherein the selective sensor isselective for an aromatic compound and the aromatic compound is anaromatic amine neurochemical selected from dopamine (DA),phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), tryptamine (Trypta), serotonin,epinephrine, or norepinephrine.
 56. The microbial sensor of claim 52,wherein a TrpR-based sensor is selective for Trp; a TyrR-based sensor isselective for Phe and Tyr; or a TynA-FeaR sensor system is selective foraromatic amines.
 57. A ligand-specific sense-and-respond system,comprising purified sensors or engineered proteins or probiotics forspecific sensing of aromatic compounds (e.g., amino acids, aromaticamines, aromatic neurochemicals) comprising: providing a orthogonalDNA-TF binding system with accompanying selectivity changes; changingligand-TF binding specificity by leveraging differential multimerizationpatterns of TyrR without affecting DNA-TF binding interaction; or a“dual-control knob” strategy to improve the specificity and sensitivityof substrate-enzyme and ligand-TF interaction while maintaining DNA-TFbinding interaction.
 58. The ligand-specific sense-and-respond system ofclaim 57, wherein target ligands are structurally similar andligand-protein binding controls downstream functions such as reportergene expression.
 59. The ligand-specific sense-and-respond system ofclaim 57, comprising an engineered microorganism.
 60. A method of usingthe engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, comprising obtaining orhaving obtained a biological sample from a subject and contacting thebiological sample with the engineered molecular sensor.
 61. The methodof claim 60, wherein the subject has an aromatic compound-associateddisease, disorder, or condition.
 62. The method of claim 60, whereinelevated levels of Phe detected by the sensor indicate the subject hasphenylketonuria.
 63. The method of claim 60, wherein elevated levels ofTyr detected by the sensor indicate the subject has type 2 tyrosinemia.64. The method of claim 60, wherein elevated levels of PEA detected bythe sensor indicate the subject has a psychological disorder.
 65. Themethod of claim 60, wherein the presence of Tyra detected by the sensorindicates catecholamine release and an increase in blood pressure. 66.The method of claim 60, wherein the presence of Trypta detected by thesensor causes serotonin release and stimulation of gastrointestinalmotility.
 67. A method of using the engineered molecular sensor of claim1, comprising monitoring food quality or diagnosing or treatingmetabolic, digestive, or neurological disorders.
 68. The method of claim67, wherein the presence of PEA, Tyra, or Trypta in food detected by thesensor indicates microbial contamination.
 69. The engineered molecularsensor of claim 1, wherein the sensor dynamically identifies microbialcontamination in consumable products, manages various debilitatingneurological disorders, or normalizes dysregulated metabolitesassociated with metabolic disorders.
 70. The engineered molecular sensorof claim 1, wherein the sensor recognizes or is selective for aromaticmetabolites associated with various metabolic or neurological disordersor medical conditions.
 71. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 70,wherein the aromatic compounds are selected from phenylalanine (Phe) ortyrosine (Tyr).
 72. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 70, whereinthe aromatic compounds are neurochemicals.
 73. The engineered molecularsensor of claim 72, wherein the neurochemicals are selected fromaromatic neurotransmitters or neuromodulators.
 74. The engineeredmolecular sensor of claim 72, wherein the neurochemicals are selectedfrom dopamine (DA), phenylethylamine (PEA), tyramine (Tyra), tryptamine(Trypta), serotonin, epinephrine, or norepinephrine.
 75. The method ofclaim 60, wherein the subject has or is suspected of having a medicalcondition associated with elevation, presence, or absence of aromaticcompounds.
 76. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1, wherein thesensor differentiates metabolites with divergent functions even havingstructural similarity.
 77. The engineered molecular sensor of claim 1,wherein the sensor modulates the specificity of ligand-protein bindingwhile maintaining protein-DNA interactions and downstream geneexpression control.
 78. A method of using the engineered molecularsensor of claim 1, the method comprising monitoring food quality,diagnosing or treating metabolic, digestive, or neurological disordersin probiotics or ex vivo wearable, paper-based or cell-free systems, ordynamically regulating enzymatic pathways for microbial metabolicengineering using the engineered molecular sensor.
 79. A method ofprotein engineering (e.g., a regulator protein or enzyme) comprising:mutagenizing specific amino acids in and around a ligand-binding site ofa protein or enzyme (e.g., TrpR, TyrR, FeaR, TynA), wherein themutagenizing enables changes in ligand-protein binding specificity whilemaintaining protein-DNA interaction and thus downstream gene expressioncontrol; and linking ligand-protein binding to output response (e.g.,promoter-reporter gene system).